The story of Idi Amin, the horiffic Ugandan dictator who killed thousands, and his personal aid, the english Bob Astels, has turned into a movie, The Last King of Scotland. The movie is based on Giles Foden’s novel with the same name, although Bob Astels is scottish and called Garrigan. Fiction is mixed with facts, just [...]
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The Last King of Scotland (Idi Amin-Dictator of Uganda)
Posted in Africa, Conflicts, Great Britain, Human Rights Issues, News, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, World, tagged Army, Bob Astels, Conqueror of the British Empire, Dictator, Exile, Garrigan, Giles Foden, government, Idi Amin, Jaffar Amin, Julius Nyerere, Killing, Lake Edward, Milton Obote, Mustafa Adrisi, mutiny, Novel, opression, paranoia, The Last King Of Scotland, Torture on July 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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