Four years ago, researchers working to preserve Ugandan history came across an old metal filing cabinet at the state broadcasting company and pried it open. Inside were some 70,000 negatives.
The exhibition juxtaposes images of Amin with images of his victims — government ministers, soldiers, business owners, religious leaders —In a place that has long tried to forget its grim past, that was the intent. The Uganda Tourism Board has also been exploring the idea of tapping into the growing international “dark tourism” market.
“Idi Amin’s name attracts a lot of interest,” he said. “He became a major selling point for Western media — his large size, his ruthlessness.” “Never again shall we have a leader like that,” said the spokesman, Ofwono Opondo. “Never again shall we have a government like that.” “This is uncharted territory in many ways,” said Derek Peterson, a professor at the University of Michigan, one of the institutions that organized the exhibition. “You never know how people are going to respond.”
Far from most other tourist attractions, it would cater to people in that area. The dictator is remembered fondly by some of the older generation there for directing government largesse to his own ethnic group.
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School to prison pipeline made him do it right LAT. or was it the white man's privilege. Cuz if he did it on his own, you wouldn't be reporting it.
It’s the unfortunate African psyche. One of the main impediments holding it back.
Isn't he still alive in Saudi Arabia?
Get ready for the same thing in Zimbabwe.
He's a great leader ❤
trump loves this guy also !
Idi V.D. Amin. I know old SNL joke!
Good idea.
africaupdates A good idea
Asamoh_ Probably they want to create a skeleton store
Trained in Britain by British Imperialist monsters.
The museum, which could open in a year or two in northwest Uganda, can be previewed in a photo exhibition featuring images taken by Amin's official photographers juxtaposed with portraits of his victims. 📸: kristamahr
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