Dictator Idi Amin Dada - The Ugly And Funny

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  • Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada was the third President. He shook the world in different ways and was most infamous for his treacherous regime. In this mini-documentary I bring you the ugly and funny side of one of Africa's most talked about leaders.
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  • @cucumber623
    @cucumber623 4 роки тому +226

    great doc, its the first one ive seen that didnt concentrate on how violent he was

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  4 роки тому +14

      Thank you! I enjoyd making this, glad you loved it.

    • @hyacinthbucket2683
      @hyacinthbucket2683 4 роки тому +39

      Yeah, it's like a documentary on Hitler without the gas chambers, or Stalin without the purges. Very informative.

    • @desu-baaerica4133
      @desu-baaerica4133 4 роки тому +21

      Hyacinth Bucket you don’t have to believe anything this guys said please because they are doing their job just to make money or emotionally but the truth was reciprocal,.IDI Amine was trying to teach them the truth about the westerners how they brainwashed them and how they get out of it but it was difficult at that time and still now.

    • @tyronelawther
      @tyronelawther 4 роки тому +3

      @Jeremiah M great leader more of his type required

    • @fredrickayodo2693
      @fredrickayodo2693 4 роки тому +3

      Quite informative and well put. This video has shown the little known facts about Field Marshal Amin

  • @greenwarriorpermaculture1276
    @greenwarriorpermaculture1276 3 роки тому +236

    I worked in Uganda in Karamoja training people in permaculture in 2010. I asked the locals about Idi Amin. They loved him. I asked why they loved him if he killed so many Ugandan people. They replied that the current leader has killed many times more. They also showed me the local hospital was the built by Idi in the 1970s and no leader has since built them anything. I loved Uganda and its people.

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  3 роки тому +7

      Interesting revelation. Thanks, Green for sharing and greetings from Uganda.

    • @naijabballer234
      @naijabballer234 3 роки тому +29

      If you don't bow for those slave masters, you become enemy of the world. They will use media to kill you and cripple your economy.

    • @nyangomasharon1988
      @nyangomasharon1988 3 роки тому +20

      Museveni the current dictator in Uganda turnished and blackmailed Amin's name cos of his own selfish interests, he wanted to be the president. Many things said about Amin were not true, he had his bad side like any other human, but he was a Ugandan who had the people of his country at heart. Museveni is even a foreigner from Rwanda

    • @jero7
      @jero7 3 роки тому +4

      @@nyangomasharon1988 . You don't know what you talking about. So to you," it's fair to say," Amin was a Sudanese. All because he looks like them. Can you prove," that M7 is a Rwandan. For your information; Rwanda came from Uganda after the collapse of the Bachwezi dynasty.

    • @pajtmvorvndeifneif
      @pajtmvorvndeifneif 3 роки тому +2

      Yes..future leaders will be worse than contemporary ones...it goes on

  • @Kevin.Anthony3
    @Kevin.Anthony3 3 роки тому +32

    I'll never forget my time in Uganda 2008. A very beautiful country with beautiful people.

    • @incumbentvinyl9291
      @incumbentvinyl9291 2 роки тому +1

      Were you locked up in a quality hotel?

    • @summerbrightbright4602
      @summerbrightbright4602 Рік тому

      Yes Beautiful Uganda with the Worsted Record of dictators to Rule Uganda
      God Bless Uganda and it’s People
      That one day the Current dictator would go just as idi Amine but worse

  • @Iyaismother999
    @Iyaismother999 2 роки тому +8

    As an native to american thank you! So much on clarifying a part of the history of this man who truely loved his country and people, the distortion of history of African leaders and it's people is so biased and one-sided here in America it's beyond understanding! Thank you again I studied a lot about this man and yours is the first documentary to uncover some of the truths which were not told to us here about his goals for Uganda and Africa in general 🙏🙏❤️

    • @mikrjiuy7805
      @mikrjiuy7805 Рік тому

      His goals? Who cares what his goals were.
      Stalin and MAO had great goals as well.
      What happened was no goals met and millions dead because of left wing ideology.
      You are praising a guy who kicked all Asians out of this country in 90 days SIMPLY for being Asian. People who were there perfectly legally. And if they didn't leave, he would kill them. But Trump evil for wanting a secure border right? Such a fucking hypocrite.
      This video doesn't even get into all his murders and atrocious acts. But tell me again how orange man bad
      It's amazing that a piece of shit like you could actually see this monster, praise him and blame Americans.

  • @dieseldavetrains8988
    @dieseldavetrains8988 2 роки тому +5

    He was well known for storing the decapitated heads of his enemies in the kitchen deep freeze. One of the true "characters" in the realm of world leaders. Mohammad Gadaffi of Libya was another colourful leader and Ferninand Marcos of the Philippines. I just love the "Idi Amin" song. Basically I think he was a proud and patriotic man who loved his country, and wanted to give back Uganda to the Ugandans from foreigners, but at the same time, was a little "unhinged". Great documentary, much enjoyed, thank you.

  • @philipgotbored6495
    @philipgotbored6495 4 роки тому +38

    It would be great to keep up with documentary's like this about Africa and the history of this great continent.

  • @owenthomas3474
    @owenthomas3474 2 роки тому +2

    He was and still is the ONLY AFRICAN LEADER who stood up againt the European and western bullies.Africa needs leaders like him

  • @jamesalexander3530
    @jamesalexander3530 2 роки тому +4

    Enjoyed your documentary very much. You showed clips of Amin I have never seen before. I've watched all the hollywood movies about him and about the raid on Entebe. Just completed viewing a PBS collection of world notorious dictators where Idi Amin Dada was one of the members of this unique flamboyant despotic club of ambitious powerful men. Good job on putting this video together. Amin may have been off his nut but he was no dummy and truly loved his country and truly desired a better future for Ugandans. Peace.

  • @rastaohm4148
    @rastaohm4148 3 роки тому +10

    i was born in uganda and in 1956 and left in 1960 my father was education inspector of uganda and left before idi amin took power i am indian

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  3 роки тому +4

      Wow. I would be glad to hear about what life was like before. let's talk some time. My email is jonathan@ugandantourist.com. Greetings from your other home

  • @chuckhibbets9466
    @chuckhibbets9466 3 роки тому +3

    I met Idi by shear happinstance. I had a key to a private swimming pool spot. I was surprised one afternoon to find him swimming in the pool. I was able to get to know him and enjoyed our times together. In Jeddah.

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  3 роки тому

      Wow! How fascinating. I can only imagine

  • @oscarheck8947
    @oscarheck8947 3 роки тому +22

    I met Idi Amin several times at the Kandara Palace Hotel in Jehhad (Saudi Arabia) where I lived in the early 1990s, and we just sat there and spoke at the hotel lobby. He was a very big, funny, and brilliant man, very intelligent. He was also very charismatic and seemed to be a very loving person, authentic, and he seemed to be completely honest. I am quite sure that many of the things that were said about him, especially in the news or from western or westernized sources was false or hearsay. Anyhow, I enjoyed my time with him. I cannot believe that he ate his enemies, as was reported at some point. Oscar

    • @fmbida
      @fmbida 2 роки тому +1

      he was more honest than your average politician, he was more passionate about the country's growth than any we had before or after him and was not afraid to express brutality in public unlike any we've had in the nation. He meted out brutality like had been done by the colonialists; all the rest have been more subtle but killed more than he ever did

    • @Seren_ity22
      @Seren_ity22 2 роки тому +3

      He was a cannibal.

    • @Brancaalice
      @Brancaalice 2 роки тому

      When president is not pupped of west, they call them dictator, they make so horrific story about them in order the whole world see. IT is the way of west, they own the media, they dictate the rules, false rules.

    • @fmbida
      @fmbida 2 роки тому

      @Donnell Okafor he stood at about 6ft5

    • @MrNcgy
      @MrNcgy 24 дні тому

      Satan was very charming, too.

  • @colinsmith2488
    @colinsmith2488 4 роки тому +17

    Excellent documentary about big dadda a great leader and liberator who loved his people but was demonized by the west big respect from Ja to recognize the legacy of this great black brother

    • @peacetime15
      @peacetime15 4 роки тому +3

      Are you serious? the guy killed so many innocent Ugandans and brought the economy to its kneels

    • @Africa1000
      @Africa1000 3 роки тому +3

      Well spoken brother. Please don't listen to the lies pushed about him by the Western media. We must not allow them to choose our heroes.

  • @Ojayz69
    @Ojayz69 2 роки тому +7

    We (my whole core family) fled Uganda for Kenya at the height of Amin's targeted killings, especially of Acholi academicians... I was 7 years old in 'primary 2' at Kintante Primary School, and even at that age some mornings in school we would hear of stories about bodies being found at a wooded area adjacent to the school and that they were victims of the 'army'. We left family and friends at Kyambogo estate where we used to reside. Now we are all Kenya citizens, but I will never forget the terror and dread of the time (mostly via my parents recollection at the time and after we fled). Lake Kyoga was another spot where the bodies of his murderous regime allegedly used to end up. Stories of fishermen finding human remains in fish they caught were common. I saw him (Amin) once or twice that I remember and he even shook my mum's hand during a function at the then Kyambogo College. I do remember though that once, as kid, I pointed towards him, as he drove by Kyambo on his vehicle, and said "There is Amin!", and my mum covered my hand with hers and quickly pulled it away saying sharply "DON'T EVER DO THAT TOWARDS HIM AGAIN!"... that was the fear-effect he had on many. I believe my dad was at that 'Doctor's brief' shown in the documentary about drunkards (😀) when he came to Mulago Hospital. I will always miss the 'good' Uganda, the country has great potential to prosper.

  • @zero1fifty8
    @zero1fifty8 3 роки тому +16

    Very well done!! I found out a lot of things I hadn't known before thank you!

  • @hipnet1
    @hipnet1 4 роки тому +118

    When the word correction appears, the beep noise is very irritating...

    • @vincentmcentee8020
      @vincentmcentee8020 4 роки тому +8

      Yeah, it is beyond annoying!

    • @sanisadiq5565
      @sanisadiq5565 3 роки тому +1

      I'm short of words on that, permit me to use yours 😂

    • @beezo1764
      @beezo1764 3 роки тому +2

      Why tf he didnt just "Fix" his "Inaccuracies" before final production of the doc is crazy...also seems a bit on the propaganda side of History....seems like this guy yearns for a "Strongman/dictator" to rule again. FOH...Amin was a vicious ruler. ☠

    • @jonathankwizeramfitebyose
      @jonathankwizeramfitebyose 3 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣 it's important though

    • @beezo1764
      @beezo1764 3 роки тому

      @@jonathankwizeramfitebyose ummm....yup

  • @IvanNammanda
    @IvanNammanda 3 роки тому +10

    Perhaps this gives the world another perspective of the Late Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada. Thank you Jonathan for putting this together.

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  3 роки тому

      Always a pleasure. Thanks bro

    • @IvanNammanda
      @IvanNammanda 3 роки тому

      @Not Today; he was far from perfect but he loved his country jealously. He went overboard with dealing with those that had a different opinion from his but he still, he did quite some good stuff most of which are to-date very good for this nation. He did not hide his true intensions like some dictators do.... just thoughts 😂😂😂

  • @uni1316
    @uni1316 4 роки тому +10

    I cant finish this because his voice take me to sleep ... what a calming voice really ...

  • @lakiizarungi1760
    @lakiizarungi1760 4 роки тому +7

    Idi Amin prevented Israel from taking over Karamoja a place in eastern Uganda full of GOLD. That's why they call him a dictator he did not thieves to steal our minerals.

    • @desmondburnett9286
      @desmondburnett9286 4 роки тому +4

      The only African president without a foreign account. That is putting country first. Ask the other presidents all over Africa about their foreign bank account

    • @hexagonmagnetics569
      @hexagonmagnetics569 2 роки тому

      Last time I checked he killed anyone who challenged his authority! Am I right or wrong?

  • @nancyhagan7553
    @nancyhagan7553 3 роки тому +3

    Amin no matter what he did was a forward thinker
    every revolution and freedom come with high price of death
    Amin did the best for his country to be owned by the Ugandans themselves
    could you imagine now the Ugandans would have been slaves in their own country
    Uganda owes him a lot of gratitude

  • @dailymoney102
    @dailymoney102 3 роки тому +4

    People said is a bad man, but actually I see him differently after I watched this video, I think he loves He’s people and wanted the best for them although he made a lot of enemies! I love him and he’s a great personality in character and he left he’s name in the history book that will never be erased! RIP Amin.

  • @deathrasher-cb7yz
    @deathrasher-cb7yz 3 роки тому +10

    Thanks for a good upload. I was there in uganda 2011/12. But i don't know about this great history. I have many local friends but no one tell me about this. Hope i could go back in the future after epidemic end. Uganda is a nice country and i like the peoples and their cultures. Stay safe. Greetings fm Malaysia.

  • @jacksoncothren5831
    @jacksoncothren5831 3 роки тому +20

    He gave himself most of those medals and accolades. An award unearned is nothing more than costume jewelry. Furthermore he couldn't award himself the Victorian cross. He destroyed the nation and brutalized groups of the population. Not only that he was a coward that ran from the fate that he gave to so many others. He may have started out a decent man but the atrocities he committed erase all of that. He earned the title of despot. Also if I'm not mistaken South Africa had nuclear weapons at the time Amin was talking about attacking them. That wouldn't have gone the way he was thinking. Especially coupled with Amin's decimation of his officer core and replacing them with goat herds, his military could be called into question.

    • @ChristopherSaindon
      @ChristopherSaindon 3 роки тому +1

      He certainly did.

    • @Crispvs1
      @Crispvs1 2 роки тому +1

      South Africa didn't have nuclear weapons, but it did have excellent and very well equipped conventional forces, along with its own defence industry which turned out first class military hardware. The Ugandan army was well trained and professional, but without its experienced officer corps it would have fared very poorly against South Africa's experienced and well led forces.
      Then there is the issue of how Amin would have proposed to transport his army across the continent to South Africa and provide logistical support. Uganda is a land locked country with no access to the sea, and it would have taken a mightily strong spirit of collective goodwill for other African nations between them to allow the Ugandan army air passage through their airspace. With the most direct route being via Mubuto's Zaire, Zambia and Ian Smith's Rhodesia (or South African dominated Botswana), that collective spirit would, I think, have come up a bit short.

  • @franklinnwankwoolisa5791
    @franklinnwankwoolisa5791 3 роки тому +23

    Many perceived him as "a dictator" but the real answers rests with the locals. History was made during his era, lessons that transformed humanity. God bless Ugandans 🙏

  • @daroldbannister7496
    @daroldbannister7496 3 роки тому +9

    I proposed, at the time, to Detroit city council to bring Idi Amin in as city mayor. They didn't appreciate the suggestion as much as I did.

  • @edwardlee3571
    @edwardlee3571 4 роки тому +35

    the guy that jumps in the river at 6:23 is an absolute Unit... complete balls of steel.

    • @frnesbit
      @frnesbit 3 роки тому +1

      Also most likely dead.

    • @usernameluis305
      @usernameluis305 3 роки тому +1

      @@frnesbit he's full African. Probably not

  • @simonsricardopeter3
    @simonsricardopeter3 4 роки тому +9

    Amin was born in Koboko to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. In 1946, he joined the King's African Rifles (KAR) of the British Colonial Army as a cook. He rose to the rank of lieutenant, taking part in British actions against Somali rebels in the Shifta War and then the Mau Mau rebels in Kenya. Uganda gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, and Amin remained in the armed forces, rising to the position of major and being appointed Commander of the Uganda Army in 1965. He became aware that Ugandan President Milton Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, so he launched a military coup in 1971 and declared himself President.

  • @iddrisusalwat3440
    @iddrisusalwat3440 3 роки тому +8

    Hmm. There have been a very deal of false fabrications against Mr Amin. He was a godly man.

    • @Monsterknecht
      @Monsterknecht 6 місяців тому

      It's disgusting how this criminal is stylized as a hero here. Never elected by the people, he murdered his way through the years of his rule. Sure, he "loves his people" - except for the hundreds of thousands who tortured his murderous gangs to death. He doesn't know anything about economics, he ruins his country, but lives in luxury. In Entebbe, he supports terrorists and then has a defenseless old woman murdered. The fact that others are just as bad does not make a mass murderer a hero.

  • @madriwilliams
    @madriwilliams 3 роки тому +7

    Amazing African leader. He never compromised his integrity.

  • @jeanramambason9588
    @jeanramambason9588 3 роки тому +20

    An ugandan friend of mine told me that IDI AMIN DADA only wanted good things for Uganda.Unfortunately he was moosetrapped by political enemies who mounted tribal rivalries that caused his downfall.

  • @thedarkhorse100
    @thedarkhorse100 3 роки тому +44

    Putting funny and his name in the same sentence is the biggest laugh of all

    • @donkeyslayer4661
      @donkeyslayer4661 3 роки тому +5

      Well, He was a completely ridiculous sub human.

    • @jayav1738
      @jayav1738 3 роки тому +1

      Many Indians family members destroyed by this idiot, He was so cruel human being cannot live in this country, What is he preaching about humanity, How people tolerated this joker, Many Indian females were raped and murdered, and their families use to narrate stories about this creatur, god's grace he is dead, Thete is no glory to potray him as good leader.funny indeed

    • @itsbetter9039
      @itsbetter9039 3 роки тому +5

      @@jayav1738 We love him just shut up bye bye

    • @itsbetter9039
      @itsbetter9039 3 роки тому +1

      @John Higgins Why not??

  • @obusitse3341
    @obusitse3341 4 роки тому +18

    13:34 Far right my beloved first President of Botswana 🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼❤️

    • @vantablack5563
      @vantablack5563 3 роки тому +1

      Sir Seretse Khama. His policies were ahead of his time and he was a good man as well!

  • @2coolking370
    @2coolking370 2 роки тому +11

    A great field Marshall, We can't have any kings like him anymore.

    • @rekhasingh2275
      @rekhasingh2275 2 роки тому +3

      Are you blind? He was eating humans there...

    • @Meme-bc7oy
      @Meme-bc7oy Рік тому +2

      @@rekhasingh2275 😂😂just leave those who are Amin demon posession

  • @relaxwithcruz1834
    @relaxwithcruz1834 Рік тому +1

    Someone whom doesn’t know English is he uneducated? But someone whom don’t know our African languages he is great because he speaks western languages, let’s stand as Africans let’s love our Africa , God bless Africa

  • @butelezi00roman
    @butelezi00roman 3 роки тому +25

    One of the non corrupt African leaders. truly loved his country

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  3 роки тому

      Well, a coin certainly has a head and a tail side. For me, it was a pleasure to tell part of his untold story. Glad you found it informative.

    • @DeltaPi314
      @DeltaPi314 3 роки тому +1

      Non corrupt? He bled your country's central bank dry with shopping trips to London.

  • @trictrac02
    @trictrac02 3 роки тому +5

    Fascinating and insightful documents. So refreshing to see our history been reflected an narrated by our own. Please keep it up.

  • @jamesmuhoozi5812
    @jamesmuhoozi5812 3 роки тому +10

    As a Ugandan, I find it an insult terming Iddi Amin as an ugly dictator. He was a patriot who put his country first. He was funny I agree with a great sense of humour. He chased away Asians that had captured Uganda's economy. He will never be forgotten. Rest in peace CBE

    • @randybridgeman5050
      @randybridgeman5050 2 роки тому

      A true patriot in any country loves his people and doesn't mercilessly butcher them. The Almighty GOD will righteously judge the "quick and the dead." Remember that.

  • @frankmccann29
    @frankmccann29 3 роки тому +5

    I appreciate your film. If you can't appreciate the best qualities in the worst people, then we're doomed to repeat them I guess.

  • @sandipadhikari644
    @sandipadhikari644 4 роки тому +22

    Do u know British Home secretary Prity Patel is from Uganda and her family was expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin Dada ?

    • @MrDesmond3
      @MrDesmond3 3 роки тому +4

      Looks like she picked up a few tips from Idi😁

    • @cathykaruga6247
      @cathykaruga6247 3 роки тому

      @@MrDesmond3 lol true that

    • @joyl4187
      @joyl4187 3 роки тому

      😁She wasn't the Right color♠️....I'm guessing..ijs..

  • @jamesochola3500
    @jamesochola3500 3 роки тому +2

    Indeed he is the founder of the economic independence of Uganda!

  • @toffanful
    @toffanful 2 роки тому +12

    Small correction: Amin was not awarded the "Victoria Cross" as he did nothing to earn it. Instead. he awarded himself a new medal, the "Victorious Cross." Amin did stuff like that.

  • @1Pararegiment
    @1Pararegiment Рік тому +1

    Just your lovely calm & warm voice has made me subscribe, but importantly for content & im a nature nut!.

  • @toffanful
    @toffanful 2 роки тому +5

    Amin was refused his request for the " Victoria Cross," England's highest award as Amin had not been deemed qualified, so Amin had his own " Victorious Cross" made for himself.lol

  • @salifuabubakari5414
    @salifuabubakari5414 3 роки тому +6

    and is painful when the enemies call our leaders who are nationalist we also call this wonderful people like that

  • @jvreman1194
    @jvreman1194 4 роки тому +41

    It does'nt matter how dictoral a person may be,,, he always leave a legacy behind, so reguardless to some of his reckless ideas/behaviorisme he showed guts by standing up to the british,, he did'nt sell his people's intregrity or his country like some of African's leaders

    • @DeltaPi314
      @DeltaPi314 3 роки тому +4

      SURE! He just killed 800k of them. No biggie... he stood up to the Brits.

    • @hugolafhugolaf
      @hugolafhugolaf 2 роки тому

      He killed his own people himself instead. How is that better?

  • @mr.franklin5662
    @mr.franklin5662 3 роки тому +2

    Mr. Amin isn't dictator. But the British people want him to be called but he wasn't dictator.

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron 4 роки тому +7

    I sought out online material on Amin a while back but reached a total of 3 uploads! This is refreshing, especially as an Englishman, due to a few reasons, firstly because it's not in response to a crisis, second it's from an African and third it appears that you are altruistic and I can't see any agenda in your work which is all pervasive here so cheers and best wishes from Dave, Cambridge UK .

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron 4 роки тому +1

      I must point out that it's titled the Victoria Cross and Amin was never awarded it, along with the DSO and I am sure there's many other which he was unilaterally claiming too. A character yes but tragic for Uganda and the your wider continent. I wonder if you can post which translation software you are using here too? Thanks again 😊

  • @prashanthbk3760
    @prashanthbk3760 4 роки тому +7

    Idi Amin the shrewd and strong president who thought of Uganda before anyone or anything. He really understood the meaning of Power and used it fearlessly when required to be.

  • @samwangalakaumba2203
    @samwangalakaumba2203 3 роки тому +9

    Good narration of this man we have so much about. You di not however mention the part of his killings and also rumors if his cannibalism. Any comment please.

    • @Brancaalice
      @Brancaalice 2 роки тому

      He was muslin, religious dude. The west treated him as a salvage, but he was not.

  • @butelezi00roman
    @butelezi00roman 3 роки тому +63

    You have to give it to the man, he learned English by himself, coming from a poor family he did very well for himself. Just because he did not speak English doesn't mean he was stupid or illiterate

    • @MasimbaMusodza
      @MasimbaMusodza 3 роки тому +11

      There is evidence that he was illiterate. But he definitely wasn't stupid. You don't get to be president of a country by being stupid.

    • @Astronic
      @Astronic 3 роки тому +5

      Isnt english and swahili the national language of Uganda? So knowing english shouldnt have been a hard thing to do?

    • @MasimbaMusodza
      @MasimbaMusodza 3 роки тому +2

      @@Astronic he did not spend a lot of time in school

    • @Astronic
      @Astronic 3 роки тому +3

      @@MasimbaMusodza Sure, but languages are learnt by being around people. For example if you are bilingual you often learnt your second language from being around your family. English probs was around him alot, especially by joining the english army so young?

    • @MasimbaMusodza
      @MasimbaMusodza 3 роки тому +1

      @@Astronic I don't think he came from a well educated family. I learnt my second language, English, by going to school but we spoke ChiShona at home. In East Africa, Kiswahili was more of a lingua franca than English.

  • @alanfrehley1373
    @alanfrehley1373 4 роки тому +5

    I did a school project on Idi Amin in 1978. Did a lot of research, he was a fascinating dictator.
    He simply did not give two fucks what the world thought of him!
    Some of his anecdotes are priceless. He offered to sleep with Queen Elizabeth in her Silver Jubilee year as a "gift from Uganda"
    And he was serious!

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  4 роки тому +1

      Haha. you are absolutely right. Anyway, I could access your project?

    • @alanfrehley1373
      @alanfrehley1373 4 роки тому +3

      @@ahajonathan it was a school project, over 40 years ago. Long gone. Thanks for the interest though!

  • @HG-cl1tb
    @HG-cl1tb 4 роки тому +33

    You lost me with your:”...like many African kids, he was abandoned by his father”. How can you make such a sweeping false statement about Africans???

    • @frednsama7964
      @frednsama7964 Рік тому +5

      Yeah man. It's not accurate a statement.

    • @josephsitali2807
      @josephsitali2807 Рік тому +1

      Imagine

    • @sc1338
      @sc1338 Рік тому

      Sound about right when it comes to African Americans. Idk about actual Africans however

    • @ms.trashcan8187
      @ms.trashcan8187 Рік тому

      @@sc1338 …..I have my dad (don’t like em but I have a dad 😅 ).

    • @thetwopunchman6113
      @thetwopunchman6113 Рік тому +2

      @@ms.trashcan8187 wait you don't like your dad?! That's tragic man. Hope you the best with the relations with your father

  • @Aristotelezz
    @Aristotelezz 4 роки тому +13

    I think I've seen most documentaries about Idi Amin. The guy was very interesting. I remember very well that he in the 70ies was one of the most recognized leaders in the world, not far behind the presidents of America or the USSR. He was very charismatic and likeable but these qualities were very insidious: opponents were fed to the crocodiles. I don't know what Amin's initial intentions were. If they once were good, than power corrupts!

    • @EremasiCamaTamanisau
      @EremasiCamaTamanisau 2 роки тому

      As the world has witnessed again before, during, and after the US Elections, the Media is very powerful, and in the hands of the unscrupulous, it's manipulative and extremely dangerous! Hence the general World view of Idi Amin Dada...

    • @Brancaalice
      @Brancaalice 2 роки тому

      This probably was fake news about him, he was a normal leader, but west hated him, most this people hated him, did the worse in carnage. West, what Brits did for their colonies was barbaric to a civilized nation.

    • @Aristotelezz
      @Aristotelezz 2 роки тому

      @@Brancaalice You must realize that Idi Amin besides been a brute narcissistic sadistic murderer also drown in superstition. Not uncommon for Africans. He believed in witchcraft, saw certain happenings as signs from supernatural, and he believed in dreams. Now you can be his best buddy but if you in his dreams get exposed as a traitor your days are numbered. You may have it very cozy together but you never know what your paranoid friend's next dream may be...

    • @ssamhenry65
      @ssamhenry65 Рік тому

      Most of the bad stories about Amin ( RIP ) were sabotage by exilees in TZ.

    • @BabannanUsman
      @BabannanUsman 2 місяці тому

      Your opinion

  • @UG4918
    @UG4918 3 роки тому +2

    THIS IS ONE OF THE AFREEKA BEST ELECTED LEADERS EVER ON THE CONTINENT.....
    WE NEED LEADERS LIKE HIM

  • @benpaul97
    @benpaul97 4 роки тому +9

    I really enjoyed that, original and different from the other types of documentaries you'd find! The history is fascinating!

  • @MarkWilliams-mj6km
    @MarkWilliams-mj6km Рік тому

    Have any of the people who have commented below in favour of what the gentleman who made this videos has said about Adi Amin, saying how you shouldn’t believe all media propaganda on this man, but have you all considered that this might also be propaganda.
    Well made clip, but the truth is, we all like conspiracies & the mystery of not really knowing the truth, which this clip has well & truly provided, thank you.

  • @hamza89945
    @hamza89945 4 роки тому +26

    They’ve been spreading a lot of propaganda against this hero. Man who loved his nation. If he had a little more chance, Uganda 🇺🇬 would be a greater country today

    • @theblackpearl7035
      @theblackpearl7035 4 роки тому

      😳😳😳😳😳

    • @neilnelmar8007
      @neilnelmar8007 4 роки тому +7

      What a load of nonsense

    • @aksamhuda7
      @aksamhuda7 4 роки тому +1

      True at least he loved his country and was not corrupt

    • @emmanuelmukisa9302
      @emmanuelmukisa9302 4 роки тому

      Silm Pickens Rwanda is just a district in Uganda # that comparison is not fair

    • @bibo2728
      @bibo2728 4 роки тому +3

      You clearly forgot that he killed 300 000 people plus?

  • @vedic-aryan9829
    @vedic-aryan9829 3 роки тому +1

    I am a indian and live in kakira I love the nature of uganda and it's people they are very nice and polite .

  • @artbrugman8289
    @artbrugman8289 4 роки тому +5

    I was 8 yrs old when I first heard about Amin. I lived in USA. And he was characterized as a madman. Later as time went on the killings and reported here was chopping people up. I like your documentary because it seems to show more than just a maniac. Not that I would have wanted to live under his rule but he was a man who wanted to help his people but ultimately was removed for his excesses. I honestly thought he had been executed back then until I saw your documentary. Well done and much success to the Ugandan people

  • @Rossproperty
    @Rossproperty 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful doc, watched the whole thang. At last a real ugandan citizen doing his doc 👍

  • @melvincaramba2942
    @melvincaramba2942 4 роки тому +5

    Jonathan, it is a good and informative story about the dictator late Idi Amin. They GOOD BRAVE GUYS missed him (Idi) during the Entebbe rescue. He was not included in th

  • @RacerX888
    @RacerX888 3 роки тому +5

    When I was growing up, my buddies father was a pilot and delivered planes to Idi Amin in Uganda in the 70's. He told me a story that they were at his palace and standing at the swimming pool with Amin and the Ugandan Olympic Swimming Team. Idi Amin told my friends dad that he was the best swimmer in Uganda and to prove it, lined up with the Olympic team and they did a couple of laps of the pool, with Amin winning easily. He hopped out and smiled and said "See, I told you I was the best swimmer in Uganda". Of course, nobody mentioned that if anyone had beaten him the swimmer would have been tortured and killed immediately. My friends dad said there were numerous incidents trying to deliver planes to Uganda, including the possibility of being shot down while trying to land and having to worrying about Amin's crazy behavior all the time.

  • @nicksminicabs
    @nicksminicabs 11 місяців тому +1

    Really enjoyed this documentary, thank you Jonathan. Sending best wishes from the UK.

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  11 місяців тому

      You’re welcome. Glad you did. Greetings back to you from Uganda

  • @phenixjeanty1070
    @phenixjeanty1070 4 роки тому +6

    It's very unfortunate that Kenya did not do the same as he did to deport all the foreigners

    • @Africa1000
      @Africa1000 3 роки тому +2

      I agree but at least the Indians in both Kenya and Tanzania learned very quickly to toe the line. If Amin hadn't set an example they would almost certainly tried to control those economies. Today, Tanzania has one of Africa most intelligent and progressive leaders

  • @williamcherubin2219
    @williamcherubin2219 2 роки тому +1

    I’m leaning so much from all of your video I’m from Haiti man it’s seem like everything that’s going on in Africa is happening here in Haiti

    • @williamcherubin2219
      @williamcherubin2219 2 роки тому

      Idi Amin said if u drink drink slow lol so u won’t get drunk lol

  • @presidentobonjo
    @presidentobonjo Рік тому +5

    I miss my dad a true reflection of who he was rather than what the Western Media presented him to be , miss you Dad

  • @geordiezinn7475
    @geordiezinn7475 4 роки тому +7

    I'm from California. I love your videos. Very educational and interesting. Keep them coming brother

  • @mrxanti-troll6279
    @mrxanti-troll6279 3 роки тому +3

    Good video mate. I only like watching documentaries made by individuals that are from their country’s who are not biased and show facts.
    Brilliant video mate

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  3 роки тому

      Thank you. Glad you found it informative

  • @ИванОбручев-о9е
    @ИванОбручев-о9е 3 роки тому +5

    Interesting documentary, thanks for your job. Greetings from faraway Moscow))

  • @Africanism783
    @Africanism783 4 роки тому +6

    When European leader such as Matteo Salvini of Italy deprived stranded African migrants on the Mediterranean sea to die, they called him Hero in Italy, but when an African leader like idi amin told Asians to leave his country, he was called " a brutal dictator"
    So sad for my Africa 😭😭

    • @handsofzainvirtuosospa105
      @handsofzainvirtuosospa105 4 роки тому +2

      Sekou Balloh true I relate, just like my father H.E Mugabe.

    • @hyacinthbucket2683
      @hyacinthbucket2683 4 роки тому +1

      I think he was called a brutal dictator because he tortured, murdered and mutilated 300,000 of his own people.

    • @Africanism783
      @Africanism783 4 роки тому

      @@hyacinthbucket2683 i don't believe that, it's just a western media propaganda.

    • @hyacinthbucket2683
      @hyacinthbucket2683 4 роки тому +1

      @@Africanism783 One cannot reason with the delusional, They will deny facts in the face of overwhelming evidence. I hope you get the leader you deserve.

  • @hkular5220
    @hkular5220 3 роки тому +2

    The man who ruined Uganda, then lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until death. If he loved UG, why run away?

  • @gerardbaines320
    @gerardbaines320 4 роки тому +35

    A refreshingly original and unusually interesting video Jonathan! I like the neutral tone which projects both the good and the bad about Idi Amin. I may be British, but I loved the way he enjoyed winding up the British government with threats to invade or just turn up at Heathrow unannounced. His laughter was infectious and he clearly revelled in embarrassing the pompous British which, frankly, we deserved!

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  4 роки тому +3

      Gerard Baines he was an interesting chap. Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your thoughts.

    • @austrobok2958
      @austrobok2958 4 роки тому +4

      No, this was not neutral. His cruelty and barbarism was not discussed. Who can forget how he made a line of prisoners sitting in a long row (one behind the other) kill the guy in front of them before passing the heavy hammer to the guy behind to do it to him..!

    • @locks4
      @locks4 4 роки тому +3

      Seems like African countries need leaders like Amin minus the killings...african countries are being exploited for their resources by yhe chinese and other nations

  • @reubenkerai1892
    @reubenkerai1892 Рік тому

    An nterestingly historical African-Ugandan to be specific leader that I grew up to know of back then and now Im watching this.
    Thanks for this presentation sincerely.
    ❤🙏👍🤗

  • @laurelwilliams6173
    @laurelwilliams6173 3 роки тому +3

    This is great job l like when our own tell our story. The great DADA.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

  • @khalidking4923
    @khalidking4923 2 роки тому

    A clear insightful well balanced documentary of Ida min.
    Outstanding journalism put together to make this doc.

  • @nokoramahanelo1035
    @nokoramahanelo1035 4 роки тому +50

    beautiful work my brother,african history told by an african...i love it

  • @drm675
    @drm675 4 роки тому +14

    Eye opening experience.... And a Beautiful Side of This Leader....
    Loved Every bit of this Video and Thank You So much for Sharing... God Bless.
    AND RIP TO THE GREAT MAN _

    • @heniakonas9439
      @heniakonas9439 4 роки тому

      @macolyis Not million but 100 - 500 thousand. Still even 1 would make him a murderer. Nothing to admire!!!

  • @richkingdaverichking331
    @richkingdaverichking331 3 роки тому +3

    Very educative and nicely scripted documentary. Well done. This is how we should tell the African Story.

  • @deecobsinge5771
    @deecobsinge5771 3 роки тому +3

    ✍️✍️IF YOU KNOW WHATS GOING ON APPARENTLY IN UGANDA, YOU PRAISE IDI AMIN 💯
    Currently dead bodies are flooding in lake Victoria and on streets. He loved our country. But Museveni is worse

  • @tundeo7403
    @tundeo7403 4 роки тому +4

    Calm n soothing background music...belies the subject considerably IMHO

  • @muanntete9743
    @muanntete9743 3 роки тому +17

    Thanks for putting this together. I often wonder who choses to label one as a dictator. What are the mechanism or attributions that makes one a dictator. Because, without being judgemental, i still see current Africans leaders who are doing worse than Idi Amin but they are “good leaders” in the eyes of the West. The example of Paul Kagame of Rwanda, who has orchestrated the killing of his own people then labelled himself their saviour, orchestrated the killing of more than 10 millions people between 1994 to 2003 on his neighbouring RD Congo. The whole world has shut their eyes because he’s the friend of the West. His political opponents are all locked up in prisons, he is looting the rich minerals of the Congo for the West. Tony Blair once acted as his economical adviser. I ask, when will he be labelled a dictator? It’s a matter of time for the world to discover we are living with a worse leader after Hitler in Africa and that’s Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

    • @cherrylioness1595
      @cherrylioness1595 2 роки тому

      Only God will save Africa 🙏

    • @onanysundrymule3144
      @onanysundrymule3144 6 місяців тому

      You are deemed a 'good leader' if you let western corporations take your natural resources for free or for bottom dollar duty, but you will be labelled as a "Dictator and murderer" if you want to charge them top dollar just so you can build your country up for your own people, simple as that. That is the formula used in the West.
      You can even anticipate in advance .... Ibrahim Traore will be "a dictator", Mumuar Ghadafi was "a dictator", someone who lets US and European companies take-off with Coltan, Uranium, Gold, Oil etc etc on the cheap will be "good doggies...."..... sorry, I mean "good leaders".

  • @judet1293
    @judet1293 4 роки тому +9

    You missed Paulo Muwanga who was effectively head of state before Obote II.

  • @countyguy3506
    @countyguy3506 4 роки тому +3

    I love Africa 😍 from Guyana with love

  • @orientnayan
    @orientnayan 3 роки тому +11

    In India during the 90s we had a series of books with the titles, "World Famous Despots", "World Famous Genocides", "World Famous Notorious women" etc. I believe it was the "World Famous Despots" that covered a story of Idi Amin, who loved the taste of human flesh. As a kid back then I read that he once stabbed a dead body in a hospital and pulled out the knife to lick the blade. Not sure if it was true but the story could be part of the propaganda against him by the west.

  • @lmakhanya6016
    @lmakhanya6016 3 роки тому +6

    that correction beep sound definitely threw me off

    • @TheArtenez3
      @TheArtenez3 3 роки тому

      Sounded like a nuclear war or weather alert LOL

  • @lastsouljastanding8023
    @lastsouljastanding8023 4 роки тому +4

    It was so fascinating to hear the man greet his pilot in fluent Luganda, not commanding him but a mutual conversation btn two fellow country men✨we are born after his downfall, So sad we never got such 1st hand information, all we got is propaganda about aGreat man tarnished for the Great work he exhibited. Like expelling the Asians who literally were milking a cow without feeding it, Just imagine our Uganda today, had he missed expelling these Asians!!!

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  4 роки тому

      You guy! That part showed the side the documentaries often do not show us. They paint him to only be a monster.

    • @chico305SIGMA
      @chico305SIGMA 4 роки тому

      How would you feel if you lost everything you built in your life because of a stupid dictator you would be very upset. Always remember how would it feel if it happened to you that's how a wise man thinks. And just so you know your economy will have been a lot better if the Asians stated they're known for having high IQs.

  • @TheArtenez3
    @TheArtenez3 3 роки тому +9

    LOL. In His theme song he was "Fish of the Sea?" so funny. I am surprised so many or majority comments if the people responded are Native Ugandan patronize him as a hero than a dreadful dictator with the atrocities?

    • @onanysundrymule3144
      @onanysundrymule3144 6 місяців тому

      That will be because everything said in 'the West' will have been a lie, as per usual.

  • @asanori7415
    @asanori7415 3 роки тому +12

    "are you not afraid of interviewing the British conquer as you are British?" 😂 I'm sorry I didn't notice his dictatorship I only noticed his humor

  • @parimaldave9
    @parimaldave9 4 роки тому +1

    Really a praiseworthy documentary and Idi Amin was not a bad person.

  • @julietL2510
    @julietL2510 4 роки тому +6

    Uganda needs someone like Amini Dada now.Pls God hear our prayers.

    • @ahajonathan
      @ahajonathan  4 роки тому

      Juliet Nabukenya haha thanks for watching

    • @hyacinthbucket2683
      @hyacinthbucket2683 4 роки тому +1

      I also pray that you end up with a leader like Amin. He is the leader you deserve.

    • @neilnelmar8007
      @neilnelmar8007 4 роки тому +1

      You are stupid enough so i guess you deserve such a leader

  • @jimmnunbodle
    @jimmnunbodle 4 роки тому +19

    Most ugandans who lived during amins era have a different opinion on whether idi amin was the tyrant depicted by the western media..

    • @ssegujjasharif6590
      @ssegujjasharif6590 3 роки тому +4

      He was not a bad guy except if u wea enemy of ugandans

  • @abdulhakimhasan7673
    @abdulhakimhasan7673 3 роки тому +4

    Iddi Amin smiling and waving at joyous incredible crowds at Nakivubo , Kampala with least security guards

  • @thegracetofollow4194
    @thegracetofollow4194 2 роки тому +1

    To be a good leader you must passionate for the sakes of the and at the same time ruthless because of your enemies... Mr Amin wasn't no coward

  • @philipgotbored6495
    @philipgotbored6495 4 роки тому +4

    Great work bro,keep up the good work. love from Macedonia

  • @Godsfavoritedaughter256
    @Godsfavoritedaughter256 2 роки тому +1

    He loved His Country and His people more than any other president.

  • @bullfranthrow
    @bullfranthrow 3 роки тому +37

    Why would you laugh at the way he pronounced pearl when you pronounce date as "debt"?

    • @robertbrackins1308
      @robertbrackins1308 3 роки тому

      I know i can still understand what he is saying and what he means

  • @Coco-ng5td
    @Coco-ng5td 3 роки тому +1

    A fact that Amin built Mulago hospital. In spite of all the stones thrown at home, Amin loved his country immensely, h Africa very much, Unlike other leaders, Amin left with no money stashed in a bank in Switzerland

  • @nakkaziwinfred6204
    @nakkaziwinfred6204 4 роки тому +7

    This is a nice documentary

  • @JagjitSingh-gh9ym
    @JagjitSingh-gh9ym 3 роки тому

    I have seen him personally when he came President of Uganda he was very keen to develop uganda at that time two years of his regime was very fruit full for all asian indian community except people of israel after that it was ow full thanks

  • @prossyrose1317
    @prossyrose1317 3 роки тому +6

    This is well done!! I keep watching it.

  • @RubieBlack
    @RubieBlack 3 роки тому +1

    I Just stumble upon your YT vid. I subd, liked and hit the notification bell👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.