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The new film The Last King of Scotland has renewed interest in infamous Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin. Cory Turner discovers another film about Amin, the 1974 documentary General Idi Amin Dada.
Idi Amin, the former Ugandan dictator who died last week, was notoriously brutal and capricious. He was also notoriously hungry for publicity. Amin, as his obituary in the New York Times put it ...
This undated file photo shows Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by armed groups of exiles in 1979, died in Saudi ...
Made in 1974, when Amin was at the height of his power and notoriety, General Idi Amin Dada (newly reissued on video with several other early Schroeder works) is so reliant upon the participation ...
GENERAL IDI AMIN DADA: SELF-PORTRAITCriterion Collection, $25.49AT ONE POINT, he was the world's deadliest clown. Idi Amin was the jovial, baby-faced psych ...
Idi Amin, who called himself "a pure son of Africa," but whose bizarre and murderous eight years as president of Uganda typified the continent ... The 250-pound president called himself Dada, ...
On the heels of President Charles Taylor's departure from Liberia has come the death of Idi Amin Dada in Saudi Arabia. While perhaps an event that many will celebrate in itself, Saturday's passing ...
Idi Amin, the unquestionably evil and perversely fascinating dictator of the east central African nation of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, died Aug. 16 at a hospital in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, where he ...
Idi Amin. Latest; Search. Search. Clear this text input. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown. In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence.
Amin, believed to be 80, was on a respirator. He was admitted to the hospital Friday suffering from high blood pressure, medical staff said. Amin has been in a coma since his admission.
Idi Amin. Latest; Search. Search. Clear this text input. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown. In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence.