my family is acholi and many of my family members were persecuted by idi amin during his reign, thank you for giving me some more insight into what they survived
You didn't also indicate that when Amin was overthrown, the Acholis literally depopulated West Nile. Let us not only give our side of the story. Before you go all saying how I am not an Acholi, I come from Pader.
This story loomed over my childhood into teen years in the seventies and I didn’t understand anything bc I’m from a disaster of a family, so I love listening to this and learning and understanding what it was all about back then. Now, I’ll study all of African leaders and history as much as possible.
History is definitely worth learning! It's important to understand the mistakes of our species, as well as our triumphs. It's also just interesting and fun to learn.
I was a high school student n followed keenly the overthrow of Milton Obote by Idi Amin. During that era of the 70s through the late 80s Uganda under his eccentric rule used to be in the lime light. Hence my assessment of this documentary is that it is objectively authentic.
@@cruisepaige No. Look at what is happening right now at this moment. And compare it to all the centuries of history. I used to believe we were evolving. But only technology evolves. People remain largely willing to be cruel to other people.
IDI AMIN DADA WAS A PAN AFRICANIST AFRICAN LEADER. ALL THESE NARRATIVE IS NULL AND VOID. YOU WONT EXPECT YOUR SLAVE MASTER TO SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT SOMEONE WHO RESISTED THEM VEHEMENTLY. USE YOUR BRAIN. A GOOD CAUSCACIAN IS ONE WHO IS IN THE NOT ALIVE
I'm Scottish (British) and was born in Kampala in 1965. Despite my young age I have some memories as a witness of what was happening at the time and this has been completed by my parents who had to leave Uganda in 1974. Sad times, and effectively the documentary is pretty well done.
My wife is Ethiopian. She used to work at the Uganda Embassy in Addis Ababa. Idi Amin came there to visit and shook everybody's hands. He had huge hands, she said, but he was very polite and nice.
Wonderful exposition, Nigeria gained independence in the 1960 though not 1961. Much love from Nigeria. I have been binging the documentaries on your channel
This was great history. Please kindly make a documentary of the failed decolonization process of the Cameroons that led to war between the two Cameroons now for 6 years and counting. This subject is of interest to millions of people. Thanks
Excellent documentary. My dad has a picture of him shaking hands with Amin (when a dictator as violent as him asks you to shake his hand, you shake his hand) sometime in the 70s. I was there in the late 90s and I visited/lived in many of the places mentioned here. Surreal hearing someone talking about it.
I was in 4th grade (1976) when I first read about Idi Amin in MAD magazine. Being a born skeptic, I wanted to know if he was a real person past the parody. Yes he was and I'm glad the internet wasn't around back then. I'd be scarred for life!
I really liked ( although terrifying) the film , “ The Last King Of Scotland “. It’s not for the faint of heart. He was a completely sick and cruel man!! Another example of man’s misuse and self serving use of power!! The actor who portrayed him is Forest Whitaker. Excellent performance by him.😢💔🖤
@@stever4128 ha ha...I rented it thinking it was something about Scotland (I am Scottish, so I was interested). The actual movie is shocking and horrifying. James McAvoy and Forrest Whittaker are amazing. It's definitely worth a watch. Keep a pillow in your lap to cover your eyes occasionally.
I learned, experienced and knows more about Idi Amin of Uganda, lot of things I didn't know and thank you deserves the most the ideal awesome documentary brought out here. 🙏🙂❤👌👌
I can not understand why on Earth people go off on a tangent about Hollywood movies depicting Amin, whether they be acceptable or farcical. Why not comment on the excellent, and true, commentary shown on this doco? Thank you for bringing it to us.
@@d.meekoflenard1349 : Exactly. This was a great doco. I don’t need to watch fanciful Hollywood movies when they make true history like this. Agree, A Columbus doco would be great. PS - Not sure who made it, but there is an excellent doco on Captain James Cook, British explorer, on YT. Worth watching.
@d.meekoflenard1349 how about he was a bad man for the people he genocided and silenced? When did the founding fathers literally eat dissenters? Such a cringe false equivalence to make just becuase you're butthurt.
@@augustineijebome6089 please do cause so far. The chanel could be aka Caucasian people profile. But your documentary are the best on UA-cam please find a way to give us those amazing countent on other culture that would be a blessing
Kenyans were also not fans of Idi Amin because he also assassinated the Kenyan Minister of Agriculture at that time; Bruce Mackenzie. Kenya was also forced to host many of Uganda's Asians after they were expelled and his hostility to Kenyans in Uganda caused a lot of grief for people from Western Kenya, many of whom had family members in Uganda at the time.
I retired from a large West coast city not long ago, but one of the best things about the job was (some of) my coworkers, some of whom were from other nations all over the world. One guy named Mike, or as we came to call him Uganda Mike, was one of the more interesting people I worked with. He had spent a few years growing up there as his father was a civil servant in the Ugandan government during Idi Amin's despotic rule. Mike talked with the most quaint British accent and he told me several stories when I asked what it was like living there. Basically all I remember was that everyone he knew took great care to stay far, far away from any sort of political activity or even talk about it and to even mention the name of Idi Amin, was thought to bring much bad ju-ju and just an undesirable thing in general. If Amin liked you, he'd reward you lavishly. But Amin could turn against you at a moment's notice, and Uganda Mike said several of his friend's fathers simply disappeared with no explanation, never to be seen again!
All these are cooked stories but iddi amin was the best and he was against israel and European countries on DRIVE AFRICA that's all these false stories generated against him
The best president of Uganda. Idi Amin Dada. Son of the soil. Never to be forgotten. We are proud of you. The west can concoct all the lies about you but we will tell our children what you did for Uganda.
It is still a challenging time with the present man in charge, refusing to leave office after well over 25 years in power, with molestation and corruption on display.
My dad fled to the north during this time. I always wondered why he left so young. We are Buganda and upper middle class but if he left it must have been so bad
I would love to see a documentary about how Tanzania has helped sub Sahara countries out of colonialism. The country literally put aside its own development to help others attain freedom.
@@nomatusi7514 Nyerere is recent like the last 60 yrs. I meant someone further back who made a impact on Tanzania and perhaps the whole continent. Like Akhenaten or Anen-hotrp lll
African hero, always have to be evil in the colonizers eyes once he/she refuses to be a pawn. Bullshit. My African brother please don’t allow others to villainize our hero. Why they can’t speak bad about there ancestors who did so much west to we African and color folks. Not understanding that the shit Africa and it people have been through is due to their presence in Africa. You bred a people to act certain way in favor of you, when that person or people start figuring thing out on his or her own than they are evil and a dictator. Bullshit documentary.
LOL!.....Says a Neanderthal. No. This is the so called monster that stopped white man from going to his country and murdering his people. Idi Amin is a LEGEND.
He was a very wise man. Our oppressors are still teaching us to hate each other and hate those who are trying to bring us freedom. The moment an African leader is hated by the oppressor or painted black try to learn more about that leader you will find the true reason for the hatred.
The problem with calling him a wise man is that he destroyed his country’s economy. If kicking out all the Indians had positive results for Uganda then he would’ve been a wise man, but it didn’t.
i got this video here about him, its from the 70's. I think some european jounalists went over there and followed him around, its called idi amin dada a self portrait.
Fun Fact! My entire family is banned from Uganda by idi amin when my great uncle beat him in a boxing match, my uncle had to flee to Australia to say safe for him! I'll give ,ore details in comments maybe
Halaman, that's some crazy stuff. Talk about a sore loser! He was probably one of those kind of kids who threw temper tantrums if he didn't get his way or won at anything. He didn't even want a rematch? Banning the entire family from the country..wow!.Look forward to rest of story if possible.
I thank you for your great effort in providing accurate, useful and wonderful information on your esteemed channel. A thousand greetings of respect, appreciation and pride. I wish you success and progress in your wonderful work. Much respect
FANTASTIC Documentary.HIGHLY educative KUDOS 👏 👏 👏. Ps...in the early stage of this Documentary, the narrator erroneously mentioned that, Nigeria gained her independence in 1961. (Nigeria gained her Independence on the 1st of October 1960)and NOT in 1961.
This was therapeutic,,, I was always terrified of the concept of Idi Amin's rule,based on the stories I'd heard.But now I understand it, it makes more sense now,,, relatively.
I watched the movie Last King of Scotland. Forest Whittaker managed to imitate par excellence! We have read some of the speeches he made addressing the Queen in a language similar to English, raw humour indeed! 😀😃
The fact that the outside world showed no care for the wars and atrocities of this guy, it reminds me of that quote from Lord of War; "at the time, the West couldn't care less".
Great thanks for providing a comprehensive details about what transpired during his reigns.From this piece of information I learnt that Amin did not only fight political enemies in his country but the whole world.But never the less he did for his country as he tried to defend seat for the presidency.Great thanks for the work well done once again
Wow, thats what you got from this? Did you listen to how he cut up his own Ugandans? Did you see how he killed up to 800,000 innocent people? He didn't do anything for Uganda, he stole their resources, punished 70% of the religious people in the country who weren't Islamic.
Yes, your also over fantasizing the events. What I got from it is ultimately what he wanted, was power and control of the region to be in the hands of the indigenous ethnic groups of the region. Hence his expulsion of the largely Indian Asian population. And when he was met with resistance, well, he fired back with increasing vigor. The main cause of his failure was the fact that he couldn't maintain the economy that was set up by largely western influences, that the people had come to be dependent on, and so the economy went into a tailspin. Thats when things went downhill and increasing aggression surmounted.@@global001
Tragic he was corrupt he could have chosen to do great things for his people who put their faith and trust in him.History shows us that men like him seem to think they will live forever have no regard for the needs of others.I understand that power can corrupt but what he did was monstrous.He has certainly earned his place in history as a tyrannical despot.
Africas biggest export, however if you are uganda you know not whatever they say about amin is true. infact he ugandas best president, i live in uganda and its economy has dropped, since amini left. public health was free at hes time, ALL ROADS, HOSPITALS in ug now were bulit by amin. 40yrs later the current govt only maintains what amin bulit in6years. RIP LION OF AFRICA
Sorry, but I cannot agree with you, especially because of the attrocities he committed, the people he murdered. For the economic side if you can supply some data that proves that the economy now is worse than it was AFTER Amin threw out the Asians I will be willing to listen to your argument, otherwise no.
The film maker of rescue at Entebbe by Israel was so precise, they portrayed Amin was so polite when he wants to or needed to. And the narrator here is so accurate also with overload of details than your knowledge of Amin !!! ✌🤘🎸
Dada Documentary: A very well-put-together documentary, with excellent narration throughout with a plethora of photos as a companion to the well-researched material.
Amin was a corporal in the British army King's Royal African Rifles. I used to drink with the man who had been his Company commander. The Commander told me that Amin constantly begged to be promoted to sergeant but my drinking mate refused to promote him.
@@patmiddleton3947 pardon me, I just expect the same of others that I expect of myself. I don't talk about anything I'm not ready to back up. So bottom line, we should just take your word without verification or proof.. Gotcha.
If the story of a massive gold deposit being found in Uganda is true, then we'll see the world powers get very interested in the area once again. I'm guessing a civil war keeping everybody too busy to mine it in order to keep gold prices up as to not destroy the world economy any further..... If that gold makes it to market, gold prices will fall quickly.
The Israeli planes were refuled **after** the operation. The Kenyan government agreed to refule the airplanes after a request sent to Kenya during the operation. The Kenyen did not facilitate the operation but they supported it during the operation
It should be remembered that "Despite the swift and brutal manner in which the Amin regime conducted the expulsion, it also made arrangements to pay compensation to the Asians who had lost their property and businesses in Uganda. Between 1972 and 1973, Amin issued a series of decrees providing a legal framework for the payment of this compensation."
Tanzanian Army was far more disciplined and trained than their opponents (under his tyrannical reign) because illiterate and uneducated citizens were allowed in his supposed units. In the end, they became deserters and faced total defeat: ironically Amin's political opponent (Milton Obote, who was overthrown in 1971) became his successor in 1980.
Merci pour cette vidéos partager avec nous 👍 c'est éducative même temps le Histoire Africain c'est fascinant 🤔 mais ca se trouve un apround et comprendre tout les jours merci sociale midas 👍🔝
Superb rendition. As to what we think of amin well he was a cannibal supported by the English. Frankly if you ask me this beautiful planet is ravaged to the extent it is because of the greed of the British. Actually between amin and the British who was more brutal it is a difficult question to answer.
I appreciate you not overlooking Obote’s crimes. I think it’s easy to look at someone as infamous as Amin and then see a less crazy leader like Obote and just see him as good in comparison.
Idi Amen was a great leader! He wanted independence from colonial European and American powers but because of the infiltration and meddling of Western powers, his government, and subsequently the fall of Uganda into chaos, death, and poverty.
So from your perspective, the film maker of rescue at Entebbe by Israel was so precise, they portrayed Amin was so polite when he wants to or needed to. And the narrator here is so accurate also with overload of details than your knowledge of Amin !!! ✌🤘🎸
A few things that come to mind re this video: The idea that african colonies of european powers are artificial constructs with no tribal/ethnic considerations: well so were the european powers: only the fact that Great Britain is an island makes any political sense for a country to exist. Like France, Belgium, Germany and Italy, it started as a random group of different "tribes" who united in the 19yh century or earlier as one nation. Before europeans entered africa, the various tribes/ethnic groups present were engaged in attempted domination of each other, so nothing new there after colonisation; after all, slaves were available for sale from the 1st time european ships made landfall in certain african coasts, implying that enslavery of weaker tribes by stronger ones was an established way of life already in africa. Idi amin was never prosecuted for mass murder; well neither were Josef Stalin or Chairman Mao, to name but two. Idi Amin's government was initially supported by Britain and Israel, well US Government supported Saddam Hussein vs Iran and Afghani warlords vs USSR. It happens. Many times it goes pear-shaped, but, hindsight is always 20-20
Well written. Yes, the tribal locations should have been better analized when de-colonizing. If you observe a map of african devided along tribal lines it would be a very different africa, insted of 52 country there would be 1000. But the problem isn't tribal but the fact these countries are big and rich meaning absolute central power is very appetizing. Add that to a population without a tradition of politics and literacy and it's a recipe for disaster.
you know who else hasn't been charged for mass murder? Or even pointed out in the mainstream media for being a mass murderer? George W Bush Tony Blair Barack Obama Boris Johnson Macron and most of today's european "leaders" who facilitate small scale genocide in Africa and the middle east, and now even eastern europe No documentaries about these despots
He is one of the best presidents Uganda Am talking this as Ugandan by birth Whenever if he did wrongs but he did more good than the current Government has done in the 40years in power
It was a dark time for our nation indeed.However, I would have appreciated to see some of the positive achievements of his that shows evidently that he was a man that loved his country in a way that was overshadowed by the bloodshed. You have always done the same with other people in history who's gruesome acts were given a more colorful justification.
Gen Idi Amin Dada was the most patriotic presdent uganda ever had. In less than 10yrs,uganda acheived lots of things. The blackmail and propaganda played by the selfish politicians at that time put Amin's name in dirt. We miss Amin
In my most humble opinion it was colonization of countries like Uganda all around the world that created the chaos which birth the Era of dictators in Africa
Colonialism was the greatest transfer of technology in history to the brutal, backward tribal African nations. Half the people in Africa wouldn't be alive without the agricultural advances that the West gave to Sub-Saharan Africans.
It was not Colonialism. It was power hungry men who saw a means to gain power. Many of them started off alright, democracy, and such, then power hungry men took over and spiralled. There is still plenty of African nations who faired much better after Colonialism.
Thank you so much for the thorough information you provided regarding what happened under his rule. I discovered from this fact that Amin engaged in political warfare throughout the entire world, not just against adversaries within his own nation.
President Gaddafi, Rest in peace. You loved Africa and kept the colonials out. Libya has never been the same without you. The brotherhood of other parts of Africa and Libya/North Africa was severely damaged after your wrongful death; a manipulation just like what happened to Patrice Lumumba of Congo. Amin refused to be a puppet of the West, so was villainized in the media. When the British were using him as a soldier to suppress uprisings of Africans against them brutally they did not complain. If he committed atrocities in Uganda but it favored the West, they would have turned a blind eye. Do they really love Africans so much that they were concerned Africans were suffering? No. They got concerned because he was not the puppet they thought he was going to be. They welcomed him when he came in with a coup pushing Obote out because they thought they could use him. How brutal was slavery of Africans from the West? Or , King Leopold of Belgium who bled the Congo etc? Amin loved Africa. No amount of media propaganda can blind Africans
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“There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech”
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He lived in france like a king whith the $$$$$$$millions in gold and cash he stold from his people,,,good ridence...
@@ramongonzalezdiaz9511 Lived in saudi arabia with all the other filthy monarchs who sheltered him
The man. The legend. Ida Amin
@@Kruppt808 It's starting too parallel with our own Sleepy Joe Biden" an Miss Kamala......
Lol best
my family is acholi and many of my family members were persecuted by idi amin during his reign, thank you for giving me some more insight into what they survived
@Leila Abe disgusting man
You didn't also indicate that when Amin was overthrown, the Acholis literally depopulated West Nile. Let us not only give our side of the story. Before you go all saying how I am not an Acholi, I come from Pader.
@@davidkomakech9769 ask the elders who served in UNLA and if they are sincere enough, you will understand what am saying.
@@davidkomakech9769 no one said they were exterminated.
@@davidkomakech9769 critical thinking you said. How about you start from the most basic element of Critical thinking and that is. Comprehension
This story loomed over my childhood into teen years in the seventies and I didn’t understand anything bc I’m from a disaster of a family, so I love listening to this and learning and understanding what it was all about back then. Now, I’ll study all of African leaders and history as much as possible.
Yes, it was a daily thing to hear about on national news at the time.
History is definitely worth learning! It's important to understand the mistakes of our species, as well as our triumphs. It's also just interesting and fun to learn.
@@Arc115YTPoliticians believe leaving it in the past and forgetting ends today's hate.
Can't blame your family for what you didn't choose to do then by reading books
@@James.G.Ireland wtf are you even talking about?? You do realize we're talking about actual childhood memories, right? Jeez, go soak your head.
I was a high school student n followed keenly the overthrow of Milton Obote by Idi Amin. During that era of the 70s through the late 80s Uganda under his eccentric rule used to be in the lime light. Hence my assessment of this documentary is that it is objectively authentic.
I was a kid when all this was going on as well. Phew, nothing new under the sun.
@@cruisepaige No. Look at what is happening right now at this moment. And compare it to all the centuries of history. I used to believe we were evolving. But only technology evolves. People remain largely willing to be cruel to other people.
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IDI AMIN DADA WAS A PAN AFRICANIST AFRICAN LEADER. ALL THESE NARRATIVE IS NULL AND VOID. YOU WONT EXPECT YOUR SLAVE MASTER TO SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT SOMEONE WHO RESISTED THEM VEHEMENTLY. USE YOUR BRAIN. A GOOD CAUSCACIAN IS ONE WHO IS IN THE NOT ALIVE
I'm Scottish (British) and was born in Kampala in 1965. Despite my young age I have some memories as a witness of what was happening at the time and this has been completed by my parents who had to leave Uganda in 1974. Sad times, and effectively the documentary is pretty well done.
My wife is Ethiopian. She used to work at the Uganda Embassy in Addis Ababa. Idi Amin came there to visit and shook everybody's hands. He had huge hands, she said, but he was very polite and nice.
Most of the allegations about him being a mass ppl killer are pure bs.
Amin was good. In fact his pictures on taxis more than any other famous person here in Uganda.
You sure he wasn't having fun with your wife too?
Contrary to common belief , I have found Amin quite an intelligent person
@@ssamhenry65 You are out of your mind if you think that. Wtf!?
Wonderful exposition, Nigeria gained independence in the 1960 though not 1961. Much love from Nigeria. I have been binging the documentaries on your channel
Ajayji is your name or surname mam ??
This was great history. Please kindly make a documentary of the failed decolonization process of the Cameroons that led to war between the two Cameroons now for 6 years and counting. This subject is of interest to millions of people. Thanks
Excellent documentary. My dad has a picture of him shaking hands with Amin (when a dictator as violent as him asks you to shake his hand, you shake his hand) sometime in the 70s. I was there in the late 90s and I visited/lived in many of the places mentioned here. Surreal hearing someone talking about it.
If Idi Amin had syphilis , then all African leaders have syphilis !
Me aswell bud how can I forget them days
He wasn’t a dictator. Man loved his country and wanted to see it grow so first. Mu7 is more dictator than him
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@@wangubojonathan2259 Those exact words are spouted by Nazi-Sympathizers about Adolf.
I love the way that you sum up the content of your videos towards their end. It really drives the knowledge home.
@@JosephRovirafor real🤣 I don’t know how he managed to turn such interesting history into such a boring history lesson
@@JosephRovirafor real🤣 I don’t know how he managed to turn such interesting history into such a boring history lesson
I was in 4th grade (1976) when I first read about Idi Amin in MAD magazine. Being a born skeptic, I wanted to know if he was a real person past the parody. Yes he was and I'm glad the internet wasn't around back then. I'd be scarred for life!
Which country are you from? I lived under him. I was in 4th grade too in Uganda at the time.
I see that you are an American citizen.
There is a story also that Amin was eating human flesh ! Do you believe on that???? It's a cooked story totally
But he was a strong leader ,the west just painted him as a bad leader . Most of stuff he built still stand in Uganda.
Damn ur old
I really liked ( although terrifying) the film , “ The Last King Of Scotland “. It’s not for the faint of heart. He was a completely sick and cruel man!! Another example of man’s misuse and self serving use of power!! The actor who portrayed him is Forest Whitaker. Excellent performance by him.😢💔🖤
I tried watching it once. It was on HBO or something I gave it about 5 minutes I thought it was an unfunny comedy. I'll have to give it another shot.
The film made sure you were frightened and I really was
it would have been way worse if it had been a female psychopath, only that she would have turned around, claiming shed be the victom
@@stever4128 ha ha...I rented it thinking it was something about Scotland (I am Scottish, so I was interested). The actual movie is shocking and horrifying. James McAvoy and Forrest Whittaker are amazing. It's definitely worth a watch. Keep a pillow in your lap to cover your eyes occasionally.
@@stever4128 hbi
I learned, experienced and knows more about Idi Amin of Uganda, lot of things I didn't know and thank you deserves the most the ideal awesome documentary brought out here. 🙏🙂❤👌👌
Watching from Uganda this is so on point
Real question: what is the prevalent feeling about decolonization in Uganda?
I can not understand why on Earth people go off on a tangent about Hollywood movies depicting Amin, whether they be acceptable or farcical. Why not comment on the excellent, and true, commentary shown on this doco? Thank you for bringing it to us.
He was a bad man according to whom made this documentary I'm waiting on the one for Christopher Columbus and the founding Father's of America
@@d.meekoflenard1349 : Exactly. This was a great doco. I don’t need to watch fanciful Hollywood movies when they make true history like this. Agree, A Columbus doco would be great. PS - Not sure who made it, but there is an excellent doco on Captain James Cook, British explorer, on YT. Worth watching.
@@Vinnie101a Documentary.
@d.meekoflenard1349 how about he was a bad man for the people he genocided and silenced? When did the founding fathers literally eat dissenters? Such a cringe false equivalence to make just becuase you're butthurt.
If you are doing more African Leaders. A profile on Thomas Sankara could be really interesting.
Samuel Doe is also a very interesting figure!
I agreed 👍
@@augustineijebome6089 please do cause so far. The chanel could be aka Caucasian people profile.
But your documentary are the best on UA-cam please find a way to give us those amazing countent on other culture that would be a blessing
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Kenyans were also not fans of Idi Amin because he also assassinated the Kenyan Minister of Agriculture at that time; Bruce Mackenzie. Kenya was also forced to host many of Uganda's Asians after they were expelled and his hostility to Kenyans in Uganda caused a lot of grief for people from Western Kenya, many of whom had family members in Uganda at the time.
And we are about to have another Amin in Ruto.
@@nakurusportschannel4211 he is giving me nightmares
@@nakurusportschannel4211 Is Ruto bad? I thought he is a visionary.
Which kenyans nyinyi watu wa odm na mushenee
@@davidchumo8114 I do not think I have any idea what the hell you are talking about dude.
I actually met one of his daughters. She was so dark and beautiful. She lived in Boston in the early 90's.
I retired from a large West coast city not long ago, but one of the best things about the job was (some of) my coworkers, some of whom were from other nations all over the world. One guy named Mike, or as we came to call him Uganda Mike, was one of the more interesting people I worked with. He had spent a few years growing up there as his father was a civil servant in the Ugandan government during Idi Amin's despotic rule. Mike talked with the most quaint British accent and he told me several stories when I asked what it was like living there. Basically all I remember was that everyone he knew took great care to stay far, far away from any sort of political activity or even talk about it and to even mention the name of Idi Amin, was thought to bring much bad ju-ju and just an undesirable thing in general. If Amin liked you, he'd reward you lavishly. But Amin could turn against you at a moment's notice, and Uganda Mike said several of his friend's fathers simply disappeared with no explanation, never to be seen again!
Quite insightful! A lot of important details & events that took place under Amin’s regime. This was a challenging time for Uganda.
How challenging? You talk about what you don't know
@Rockwell Rhodes and do u know he doesn't
All these are cooked stories but iddi amin was the best and he was against israel and European countries on DRIVE AFRICA that's all these false stories generated against him
The best president of Uganda. Idi Amin Dada. Son of the soil. Never to be forgotten. We are proud of you. The west can concoct all the lies about you but we will tell our children what you did for Uganda.
It is still a challenging time with the present man in charge, refusing to leave office after well over 25 years in power, with molestation and corruption on display.
My dad fled to the north during this time. I always wondered why he left so young. We are Buganda and upper middle class but if he left it must have been so bad
Your upper middle class is my country’s lower class
@@reachthesingularityWhich country and do you need a cookie?
@@reachthesingularityoh look we have 13 year old dweebs in here😒
as long as the hunter tells the story of the jungle he'll always be the "king" of the jungle - African Proverb. let the wise discern wisdom.
What do you mean?
Powerful proverb....only the wise knows the meaning.
Nigeria attained independence on October 1, 1960 not 1961 as you have mentioned. Overall, a great documentary 👍
is that the only thing you can pick in a documentary of more than an hour, you're so fake.
I would love to see a documentary about how Tanzania has helped sub Sahara countries out of colonialism. The country literally put aside its own development to help others attain freedom.
Who are the great people of Tanzania?
@@MCfact1827 Nyerere
It never bothered about its bizness cos what it helped us to go to is hell
It did not help Tanzania delayed independence day to wait for Kenya and Uganda to gain theirs because Nyerere wanted East Africa to be one
@@nomatusi7514 Nyerere is recent like the last 60 yrs. I meant someone further back who made a impact on Tanzania and perhaps the whole continent. Like Akhenaten or Anen-hotrp lll
At a trade dinner in Europe Idi Amin ate 3 Frankfurters, 2 Hamburgers, 1 Londoner and a Parisien.
I see what you did there
Goody, a new profile. I really like this channel, all prime meat 🥩 no filler.
African hero, always have to be evil in the colonizers eyes once he/she refuses to be a pawn. Bullshit. My African brother please don’t allow others to villainize our hero. Why they can’t speak bad about there ancestors who did so much west to we African and color folks. Not understanding that the shit Africa and it people have been through is due to their presence in Africa. You bred a people to act certain way in favor of you, when that person or people start figuring thing out on his or her own than they are evil and a dictator. Bullshit documentary.
If you wanna call him a brutal despot what about Western leaders who continue Western Neocolonialism?
And this is the monster whom our ex-president Thabo Mbheki hailed as a wise man.......
LOL!.....Says a Neanderthal. No. This is the so called monster that stopped white man from going to his country and murdering his people. Idi Amin is a LEGEND.
And what do you know
The best infrastructure in Uganda was constructed by him. He was purely Uganda
He was a very wise man. Our oppressors are still teaching us to hate each other and hate those who are trying to bring us freedom. The moment an African leader is hated by the oppressor or painted black try to learn more about that leader you will find the true reason for the hatred.
The problem with calling him a wise man is that he destroyed his country’s economy. If kicking out all the Indians had positive results for Uganda then he would’ve been a wise man, but it didn’t.
i got this video here about him, its from the 70's. I think some european jounalists went over there and followed him around, its called idi amin dada a self portrait.
Better than reading a book 👍
Fun Fact!
My entire family is banned from Uganda by idi amin when my great uncle beat him in a boxing match, my uncle had to flee to Australia to say safe for him!
I'll give ,ore details in comments maybe
Halaman, that's some crazy stuff. Talk about a sore loser! He was probably one of those kind of kids who threw temper tantrums if he didn't get his way or won at anything. He didn't even want a rematch? Banning the entire family from the country..wow!.Look forward to rest of story if possible.
Do you have a newspaper article announcing or reporting this boxing match?
If it is true, your uncle was lucky to get away alive.
That's so sad but also really flipping cool 🤣🤣😅 What an amazing nugget of history haha
Stay banned for good gaccya
I thank you for your great effort in providing accurate, useful and wonderful information on your esteemed channel. A thousand greetings of respect, appreciation and pride. I wish you success and progress in your wonderful work. Much respect
I really enjoy History
FANTASTIC Documentary.HIGHLY educative KUDOS 👏 👏 👏.
Ps...in the early stage of this Documentary, the narrator erroneously mentioned that, Nigeria gained her independence in 1961.
(Nigeria gained her Independence on the 1st of October 1960)and NOT in 1961.
This was therapeutic,,, I was always terrified of the concept of Idi Amin's rule,based on the stories I'd heard.But now I understand it, it makes more sense now,,, relatively.
I watched the movie Last King of Scotland. Forest Whittaker managed to imitate par excellence! We have read some of the speeches he made addressing the Queen in a language similar to English, raw humour indeed! 😀😃
The fact that the outside world showed no care for the wars and atrocities of this guy, it reminds me of that quote from Lord of War; "at the time, the West couldn't care less".
They don’t care about Africa but they care about the Middle East. I wonder why?🤔
Neither did the rest of Africa care about Africans being massacred!
Great thanks for providing a comprehensive details about what transpired during his reigns.From this piece of information I learnt that Amin did not only fight political enemies in his country but the whole world.But never the less he did for his country as he tried to defend seat for the presidency.Great thanks for the work well done once again
Wow, thats what you got from this? Did you listen to how he cut up his own Ugandans? Did you see how he killed up to 800,000 innocent people? He didn't do anything for Uganda, he stole their resources, punished 70% of the religious people in the country who weren't Islamic.
Yes, your also over fantasizing the events. What I got from it is ultimately what he wanted, was power and control of the region to be in the hands of the indigenous ethnic groups of the region. Hence his expulsion of the largely Indian Asian population. And when he was met with resistance, well, he fired back with increasing vigor. The main cause of his failure was the fact that he couldn't maintain the economy that was set up by largely western influences, that the people had come to be dependent on, and so the economy went into a tailspin. Thats when things went downhill and increasing aggression surmounted.@@global001
@@global001komanyoko wama 😔😔😔Go ahead and eat your pupu then come here and vomit nonsense
I remember watching the movie the rise and fall of idi Amin,I was very young then and also frightened when I saw it
Imagine those of uf who went through that ordeal !
Tragic he was corrupt he could have chosen to do great things for his people who put their faith and trust in him.History shows us that men like him seem to think they will live forever have no regard for the needs of others.I understand that power can corrupt but what he did was monstrous.He has certainly earned his place in history as a tyrannical despot.
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He wasn’t corrupt and he did a lot for Ugandans
He did not steal from Uganda, but stop that shit, he just wanted for Ugandans to stay away from the colonials.......
@@ndagirephiona7164 he worked with the English. Go read more he killed,raped amongst other brutal acts. He was a brute 🦍
@@ndagirephiona7164 Was he not the guy who ate his people?
You should do Francois Duvalier. Love your stuff guys. Theres so many great eoisodes you could do still to be made. And ill be here to watch them ❤
We will.
Africas biggest export, however if you are uganda you know not whatever they say about amin is true. infact he ugandas best president, i live in uganda and its economy has dropped, since amini left. public health was free at hes time, ALL ROADS, HOSPITALS in ug now were bulit by amin. 40yrs later the current govt only maintains what amin bulit in6years. RIP LION OF AFRICA
Sorry, but I cannot agree with you, especially because of the attrocities he committed, the people he murdered. For the economic side if you can supply some data that proves that the economy now is worse than it was AFTER Amin threw out the Asians I will be willing to listen to your argument, otherwise no.
The film maker of rescue at Entebbe by Israel was so precise, they portrayed Amin was so polite when he wants to or needed to.
And the narrator here is so accurate also with overload of details than your knowledge of Amin !!! ✌🤘🎸
Clever and dramatic use of archive material. Great documentary.
Amazing please do papa doc next please
Only one soldier was lost during the Raid on Entebbe - Yonathon Netanyahu. Brother to Bibi.
Dada Documentary: A very well-put-together documentary, with excellent narration throughout with a plethora of photos as a companion to the well-researched material.
Ugandan here...we all say "yew ganda"...a quick UA-cam search should help confirm.
@@verydark..1988 Thanks I'll edit my comment out.
Amin was a corporal in the British army King's Royal African Rifles. I used to drink with the man who had been his Company commander. The Commander told me that Amin constantly begged to be promoted to sergeant but my drinking mate refused to promote him.
How can this be verified?
@@MCfact1827 why do you need verification?It’s an anecdote.
@@patmiddleton3947 pardon me, I just expect the same of others that I expect of myself.
I don't talk about anything I'm not ready to back up. So bottom line, we should just take your word without verification or proof.. Gotcha.
@@MCfact1827 the Man Who saw the Man Who saw the Man Who saw the Bear.
Cap
I'm a Nigerian ❤️ Nigeria got Independence from the British 1960💪💪💪💪i wasn't born yet, but I knew History of my Country 💯✅
Ah the British, the biggest pirates of the world who still control lands far away from them today
If the story of a massive gold deposit being found in Uganda is true, then we'll see the world powers get very interested in the area once again.
I'm guessing a civil war keeping everybody too busy to mine it in order to keep gold prices up as to not destroy the world economy any further..... If that gold makes it to market, gold prices will fall quickly.
No gold deposit was found there.
Excellent chronological and character based on evidence summary. Thank you.
THERE WAS A PRESIDENT CALLED TITO OKELLO, that's the one Museveni deposed, Tito deposed Obote, and M7 deposed Tito
You don't know what you're talking you know nothing about his contribution to Uganda still standing firm even today.
The Israeli planes were refuled **after** the operation. The Kenyan government agreed to refule the airplanes after a request sent to Kenya during the operation. The Kenyen did not facilitate the operation but they supported it during the operation
If only Israel coulda been stopped even sooner right
Amin's true image is untold all is tarnishing his true image
Idi Amin having a deluded view of ruling an independent Scotland. Strange, seems to remind me of someone.
Idi Sturgeon!🤣
The Legend, Idi Amin.
It should be remembered that "Despite the swift and brutal manner in which the Amin regime conducted the expulsion, it also made arrangements to pay compensation to the Asians who had lost their property and businesses in Uganda. Between 1972 and 1973, Amin issued a series of decrees providing a legal framework for the payment of this compensation."
Anybody they could not bully becomes a villan
Uganda is beautiful 😊
U been?? asking as a Ugandan ✊🏿
This was amazing thank you!
Great Documentary I saw the movie about him also I loved it as well 👌👌👌
A terrible mixture of cruelty and incompetence.
Tanzania did the world a favor by forcing him out.
Tanzanian Army was far more disciplined and trained than their opponents (under his tyrannical reign) because illiterate and uneducated citizens were allowed in his supposed units.
In the end, they became deserters and faced total defeat: ironically Amin's political opponent (Milton Obote, who was overthrown in 1971) became his successor in 1980.
Merci pour cette vidéos partager avec nous 👍 c'est éducative même temps le Histoire Africain c'est fascinant 🤔 mais ca se trouve un apround et comprendre tout les jours merci sociale midas 👍🔝
I suppose you can't really damn him for following Britain's "Here's how you take over someone else's country" example.
Lovely narration and most importantly the landscape of Wheatland in my area ( Narok)
Superb rendition. As to what we think of amin well he was a cannibal supported by the English. Frankly if you ask me this beautiful planet is ravaged to the extent it is because of the greed of the British. Actually between amin and the British who was more brutal it is a difficult question to answer.
I appreciate you not overlooking Obote’s crimes. I think it’s easy to look at someone as infamous as Amin and then see a less crazy leader like Obote and just see him as good in comparison.
Idi was a brutal savage
Asslamu alaikum I need to use and viewing your channel thanks you so much, your sincerely musa lawal yahaya,
I think that this despot should know by now how hell is like......
one thing about me is no one tells me who to like. i like Idi
Idi was lost thinking he could be the king of schotland.
this is what Europeans brought to the nation.
And the Belgians still have rather a lot of explaining to do.
Idi Amin - a proud product of the British Colonial Empire .
the man was a smart cookie. he played the muslim card on the west while arranging huge finance deal via the african jews.
Amin was a good man, strong, patriotic and loved Uganda and Ugandans. History has to change about him.
I Hope we’ll get to see more biographies on African leaders. They are not given the attention Africa deserves.
Idi Amen was a great leader! He wanted independence from colonial European and American powers but because of the infiltration and meddling of Western powers, his government, and subsequently the fall of Uganda into chaos, death, and poverty.
So from your perspective, the film maker of rescue at Entebbe by Israel was so precise, they portrayed Amin was so polite when he wants to or needed to.
And the narrator here is so accurate also with overload of details than your knowledge of Amin !!! ✌🤘🎸
There are 3 kinds of government in Africa 1. Corrupt 2. Incompetent 3. Corrupt & Incompetent
Amin as portrayed by media as seen as an incredible man ever lived in the 21st century..
A few things that come to mind re this video:
The idea that african colonies of european powers are artificial constructs with no tribal/ethnic considerations: well so were the european powers: only the fact that Great Britain is an island makes any political sense for a country to exist. Like France, Belgium, Germany and Italy, it started as a random group of different "tribes" who united in the 19yh century or earlier as one nation. Before europeans entered africa, the various tribes/ethnic groups present were engaged in attempted domination of each other, so nothing new there after colonisation; after all, slaves were available for sale from the 1st time european ships made landfall in certain african coasts, implying that enslavery of weaker tribes by stronger ones was an established way of life already in africa.
Idi amin was never prosecuted for mass murder; well neither were Josef Stalin or Chairman Mao, to name but two.
Idi Amin's government was initially supported by Britain and Israel, well US Government supported Saddam Hussein vs Iran and Afghani warlords vs USSR. It happens. Many times it goes pear-shaped, but, hindsight is always 20-20
Well written.
Yes, the tribal locations should have been better analized when de-colonizing.
If you observe a map of african devided along tribal lines it would be a very different africa, insted of 52 country there would be 1000.
But the problem isn't tribal but the fact these countries are big and rich meaning absolute central power is very appetizing. Add that to a population without a tradition of politics and literacy and it's a recipe for disaster.
Well said mate
What about the mass murder by the British empire??? No one talks about it.
@@lemondrizzle5658 the IRISH do.
you know who else hasn't been charged for mass murder? Or even pointed out in the mainstream media for being a mass murderer?
George W Bush
Tony Blair
Barack Obama
Boris Johnson
Macron
and most of today's european "leaders" who facilitate small scale genocide in Africa and the middle east, and now even eastern europe
No documentaries about these despots
He is one of the best presidents Uganda
Am talking this as Ugandan by birth
Whenever if he did wrongs but he did more good than the current Government has done in the 40years in power
You have problems…
Nigeria gained independence the year 1960. Just a quick correction please. Thanks
Patiently waiting for Despot Museveni’s documentary
Nice job 👌 thanx for sharing 👍
Gmolp
I wondered where this guy ended up, I’ve now discovered he’s the British Foreign Minister.
It was a dark time for our nation indeed.However, I would have appreciated to see some of the positive achievements of his that shows evidently that he was a man that loved his country in a way that was overshadowed by the bloodshed. You have always done the same with other people in history who's gruesome acts were given a more colorful justification.
Man fuck that guy and the little good he did.
Amin was brutal and a Muslim? Wow, who'd have guessed those two things are linked.
The world made this man look like a monster but he did a lot for his country and spoke many truths about certain people that ring true presently.
Yeah but he fkd up the British built hydroelectric dams by clogging them up with all those dead bodies tbf
"You have freedom of speech...
but freedom after speech, that I cannot guarantee".
- Idi Amin
What's not to like about based Amin?
Gen Idi Amin Dada was the most patriotic presdent uganda ever had. In less than 10yrs,uganda acheived lots of things. The blackmail and propaganda played by the selfish politicians at that time put Amin's name in dirt. We miss Amin
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❤❤❤ he Will always be remembered bse he loved his country
Thanks for your work
In my most humble opinion it was colonization of countries like Uganda all around the world that created the chaos which birth the Era of dictators in Africa
You think?😂
No, it was rushed independence demanded by the natives.
Colonialism was the greatest transfer of technology in history to the brutal, backward tribal African nations. Half the people in Africa wouldn't be alive without the agricultural advances that the West gave to Sub-Saharan Africans.
It was not Colonialism. It was power hungry men who saw a means to gain power. Many of them started off alright, democracy, and such, then power hungry men took over and spiralled. There is still plenty of African nations who faired much better after Colonialism.
i am a ugandan born in kampala, a muganda from bombo. so please i need facts
U can call him whatever, but he was one of the most patriotic &apan-Africanist
Thank you so much for the thorough information you provided regarding what happened under his rule. I discovered from this fact that Amin engaged in political warfare throughout the entire world, not just against adversaries within his own nation.
In my opinion, he’s a legend 🤷♀️
Same here
President Gaddafi, Rest in peace. You loved Africa and kept the colonials out. Libya has never been the same without you. The brotherhood of other parts of Africa and Libya/North Africa was severely damaged after your wrongful death; a manipulation just like what happened to Patrice Lumumba of Congo.
Amin refused to be a puppet of the West, so was villainized in the media. When the British were using him as a soldier to suppress uprisings of Africans against them brutally they did not complain. If he committed atrocities in Uganda but it favored the West, they would have turned a blind eye. Do they really love Africans so much that they were concerned Africans were suffering? No. They got concerned because he was not the puppet they thought he was going to be. They welcomed him when he came in with a coup pushing Obote out because they thought they could use him.
How brutal was slavery of Africans from the West? Or , King Leopold of Belgium who bled the Congo etc? Amin loved Africa. No amount of media propaganda can blind Africans
Idi Amin was an African hero a Ugandan Hero
Amin from Somalia ❤ viva USA