Idi Amin - Uganda's Brutal Despot Documentary

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  • @PeopleProfiles
    @PeopleProfiles  ปีที่แล้ว +117

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  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 ปีที่แล้ว +999

    “There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech”
    Idi Amin

    • @ramongonzalezdiaz9511
      @ramongonzalezdiaz9511 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      He lived in france like a king whith the $$$$$$$millions in gold and cash he stold from his people,,,good ridence...

    • @MarvoloSalazar
      @MarvoloSalazar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ramongonzalezdiaz9511 Lived in saudi arabia with all the other filthy monarchs who sheltered him

    • @Kruppt808
      @Kruppt808 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Dark humor is like food, not everyone gets it.
      Uncle Joe Stalin

    • @omgorangelollipop8184
      @omgorangelollipop8184 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The man. The legend. Ida Amin

    • @miltonhollis703
      @miltonhollis703 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Kruppt808 It's starting too parallel with our own Sleepy Joe Biden" an Miss Kamala......

  • @leilaabe8151
    @leilaabe8151 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    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

    • @cherylharewood2549
      @cherylharewood2549 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Leila Abe disgusting man

    • @patrickkilenga5880
      @patrickkilenga5880 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

    • @patrickkilenga5880
      @patrickkilenga5880 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@davidkomakech9769 ask the elders who served in UNLA and if they are sincere enough, you will understand what am saying.

    • @patrickkilenga5880
      @patrickkilenga5880 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidkomakech9769 no one said they were exterminated.

    • @patrickkilenga5880
      @patrickkilenga5880 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidkomakech9769 critical thinking you said. How about you start from the most basic element of Critical thinking and that is. Comprehension

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    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.

    • @Cre80s
      @Cre80s 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes, it was a daily thing to hear about on national news at the time.

    • @Arc115YT
      @Arc115YT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      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.

    • @KingVick801
      @KingVick801 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Arc115YTPoliticians believe leaving it in the past and forgetting ends today's hate.

    • @James.G.Ireland
      @James.G.Ireland 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Can't blame your family for what you didn't choose to do then by reading books

    • @Cre80s
      @Cre80s 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@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.

  • @sukumaran1953
    @sukumaran1953 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    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
      @cruisepaige 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was a kid when all this was going on as well. Phew, nothing new under the sun.

    • @briangriffin8106
      @briangriffin8106 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@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.

    • @daneilfairweather3886
      @daneilfairweather3886 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Mm​@@cruisepaige

  • @priscillaajayipristine
    @priscillaajayipristine ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Wonderful exposition, Nigeria gained independence in the 1960 though not 1961. Much love from Nigeria. I have been binging the documentaries on your channel

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    If you are doing more African Leaders. A profile on Thomas Sankara could be really interesting.

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Samuel Doe is also a very interesting figure!

    • @augustineijebome6089
      @augustineijebome6089 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agreed 👍

    • @YelFlux
      @YelFlux ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@augustineijebome6089 please do cause so far. The chanel could be aka Caucasian people profile.
      But your documentary are the best on TH-cam please find a way to give us those amazing countent on other culture that would be a blessing

    • @selfstarter9524
      @selfstarter9524 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍

    • @nomatusi7514
      @nomatusi7514 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bush

  • @TheObsidianOrderSector001
    @TheObsidianOrderSector001 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    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

  • @elizabethsalvatore1633
    @elizabethsalvatore1633 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    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
      @stever4128 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @stephenbutterfield5986
      @stephenbutterfield5986 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The film made sure you were frightened and I really was

    • @banterabc5135
      @banterabc5135 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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

    • @leanie5234
      @leanie5234 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@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.

    • @kellygable1668
      @kellygable1668 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stever4128 hbi

  • @hazevthewolf178
    @hazevthewolf178 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I love the way that you sum up the content of your videos towards their end. It really drives the knowledge home.

    • @JosephRovira
      @JosephRovira ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really? I fell asleep before I even got to hear anything worthwhile.

    • @JosephRovira
      @JosephRovira ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balabanasireti I highly doubt that you are older than I am… at 59 the years have been kind to me.

  • @Vinnie101a
    @Vinnie101a ปีที่แล้ว +66

    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
      @d.meekoflenard1349 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

    • @Vinnie101a
      @Vinnie101a ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

    • @patprr1756
      @patprr1756 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vinnie101a Documentary.

    • @simpicusmaximus
      @simpicusmaximus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@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.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson ปีที่แล้ว +358

    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.

    • @ssamhenry65
      @ssamhenry65 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Most of the allegations about him being a mass ppl killer are pure bs.

    • @Stream_A937
      @Stream_A937 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Amin was good. In fact his pictures on taxis more than any other famous person here in Uganda.

    • @allah518
      @allah518 ปีที่แล้ว

      You sure he wasn't having fun with your wife too?

    • @anindyadasgupta3537
      @anindyadasgupta3537 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Contrary to common belief , I have found Amin quite an intelligent person

    • @paulkendrick4153
      @paulkendrick4153 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@ssamhenry65 You are out of your mind if you think that. Wtf!?

  • @isaacmubiru402
    @isaacmubiru402 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Watching from Uganda this is so on point

    • @j.lingle4713
      @j.lingle4713 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Real question: what is the prevalent feeling about decolonization in Uganda?

  • @mctweddle
    @mctweddle ปีที่แล้ว +240

    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.

    • @sakhilemathumo-mhodi2901
      @sakhilemathumo-mhodi2901 ปีที่แล้ว

      If Idi Amin had syphilis , then all African leaders have syphilis !

    • @JuanRodriguez-wg4vh
      @JuanRodriguez-wg4vh ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me aswell bud how can I forget them days

    • @wangubojonathan2259
      @wangubojonathan2259 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He wasn’t a dictator. Man loved his country and wanted to see it grow so first. Mu7 is more dictator than him

    • @AvalonDreamz
      @AvalonDreamz ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@wangubojonathan2259 🤣

    • @viderevero1338
      @viderevero1338 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wangubojonathan2259 Those exact words are spouted by Nazi-Sympathizers about Adolf.

  • @carmenmonoxide7459
    @carmenmonoxide7459 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    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!

    • @paulwabwiiyi9083
      @paulwabwiiyi9083 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which country are you from? I lived under him. I was in 4th grade too in Uganda at the time.

    • @paulwabwiiyi9083
      @paulwabwiiyi9083 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see that you are an American citizen.

    • @maase2023
      @maase2023 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a story also that Amin was eating human flesh ! Do you believe on that???? It's a cooked story totally

    • @kayingaronald5157
      @kayingaronald5157 ปีที่แล้ว

      But he was a strong leader ,the west just painted him as a bad leader . Most of stuff he built still stand in Uganda.

    • @shrekeatscupcakes3918
      @shrekeatscupcakes3918 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn ur old

  • @geraldmaxwell3277
    @geraldmaxwell3277 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    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.

    • @nakurusportschannel4211
      @nakurusportschannel4211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And we are about to have another Amin in Ruto.

    • @martinchege6256
      @martinchege6256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nakurusportschannel4211 he is giving me nightmares

    • @nomahope3182
      @nomahope3182 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nakurusportschannel4211 Is Ruto bad? I thought he is a visionary.

    • @davidchumo8114
      @davidchumo8114 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which kenyans nyinyi watu wa odm na mushenee

    • @geraldmaxwell3277
      @geraldmaxwell3277 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidchumo8114 I do not think I have any idea what the hell you are talking about dude.

  • @alfredkiranga1237
    @alfredkiranga1237 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Quite insightful! A lot of important details & events that took place under Amin’s regime. This was a challenging time for Uganda.

    • @zirimuabdulkadir7042
      @zirimuabdulkadir7042 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How challenging? You talk about what you don't know

    • @oninasrullah7757
      @oninasrullah7757 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rockwellrhodes7703 and do u know he doesn't

    • @maase2023
      @maase2023 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

    • @almawamulo787
      @almawamulo787 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

    • @HRL.
      @HRL. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @0X0Jennyjen0X0
    @0X0Jennyjen0X0 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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

  • @abhijitmukherjee720
    @abhijitmukherjee720 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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. 🙏🙂❤👌👌

  • @johnmichaelrichards
    @johnmichaelrichards ปีที่แล้ว +28

    An excellent documentary, chronicling a most brutal dictator.
    I was fortunate, in 1971/72 to befriend Ugandan-Asians who fled for their lives to the United Kingdom.

    • @shabellg5903
      @shabellg5903 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What do u mean ugandan asian 🧐left their life or u mean the land they robbed from the poor farms in Uganda

    • @surpotel8016
      @surpotel8016 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@shabellg5903 Ugandan Asians went to UK and thrived in education and business. We Ugandans are still poor working on our farms

    • @mcfact1827
      @mcfact1827 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@surpotel8016 so are we to believe Ugandans need foreigners to run things and take natural resources from the Uganda. You sound like you're against Uganda Being free of Exploiters .

    • @surpotel8016
      @surpotel8016 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mcfact1827 the modern world is interconnected. You win some you lose some. Uganda cannot go alone and do it all by itself. For our development we need expats for their skills and knowledge

    • @mcfact1827
      @mcfact1827 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@surpotel8016 sure, but in the end Uganda needs to be in control. You can't have foreigners in control. That's what Amin was against. I'm not sure if you're processing this. Be sure to read this article *Uganda Proves Why Relying on China Is So Dangerous* I will ask what you learned from it.

  • @jimbo1733
    @jimbo1733 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I actually met one of his daughters. She was so dark and beautiful. She lived in Boston in the early 90's.

  • @angelinajoanie
    @angelinajoanie ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Goody, a new profile. I really like this channel, all prime meat 🥩 no filler.

    • @jonathangoodridge2332
      @jonathangoodridge2332 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @sirwelch9991
    @sirwelch9991 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    An extremely controversial authoritarian who is known for his eccentricity.

    • @Herintruththelies
      @Herintruththelies ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What's controversial?

    • @dorianneutral1787
      @dorianneutral1787 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Hereinliesthetruth
      His abuse of power..which would be no different than any other man w/ power.

    • @Herintruththelies
      @Herintruththelies ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dorianneutral1787 yeah, he abused his power. Nothing controversial about that really.

    • @anthonycullen
      @anthonycullen ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont diss Idi

    • @crummyclub9344
      @crummyclub9344 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man made evil decisions. What's controversial?

  • @halalman5400
    @halalman5400 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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

    • @sharonbottoms141
      @sharonbottoms141 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @bvdw4701
      @bvdw4701 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do you have a newspaper article announcing or reporting this boxing match?
      If it is true, your uncle was lucky to get away alive.

    • @odenoki9571
      @odenoki9571 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's so sad but also really flipping cool 🤣🤣😅 What an amazing nugget of history haha

    • @shamiah6381
      @shamiah6381 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stay banned for good gaccya

  • @dennismutethia898
    @dennismutethia898 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really enjoy History

  • @georgeoluwasetemidada3192
    @georgeoluwasetemidada3192 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Nigeria attained independence on October 1, 1960 not 1961 as you have mentioned. Overall, a great documentary 👍

    • @mnyomb1
      @mnyomb1 ปีที่แล้ว

      is that the only thing you can pick in a documentary of more than an hour, you're so fake.

  • @roystonfarquhar9683
    @roystonfarquhar9683 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    And this is the monster whom our ex-president Thabo Mbheki hailed as a wise man.......

    • @wilbertkendal2524
      @wilbertkendal2524 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @tshiamishogopane633
      @tshiamishogopane633 ปีที่แล้ว

      And what do you know

    • @paulisaacssengendo1220
      @paulisaacssengendo1220 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The best infrastructure in Uganda was constructed by him. He was purely Uganda

    • @sobahlemnyandu963
      @sobahlemnyandu963 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @matthewsmith5374
      @matthewsmith5374 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @MWM-dj6dn
    @MWM-dj6dn ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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

  • @naija4lifeNaija4lifestyle
    @naija4lifeNaija4lifestyle ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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.

  • @andrewbarten7347
    @andrewbarten7347 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    At a trade dinner in Europe Idi Amin ate 3 Frankfurters, 2 Hamburgers, 1 Londoner and a Parisien.

  • @mariej6962
    @mariej6962 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    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.

    • @mcfact1827
      @mcfact1827 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who are the great people of Tanzania?

    • @nomatusi7514
      @nomatusi7514 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mcfact1827 Nyerere

    • @ndagirephiona7164
      @ndagirephiona7164 ปีที่แล้ว

      It never bothered about its bizness cos what it helped us to go to is hell

    • @martinchege6256
      @martinchege6256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

    • @mcfact1827
      @mcfact1827 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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

  • @TheGeezzer
    @TheGeezzer ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

    • @verydark..1988
      @verydark..1988 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ugandan here...we all say "yew ganda"...a quick TH-cam search should help confirm.

    • @TheGeezzer
      @TheGeezzer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@verydark..1988 Thanks I'll edit my comment out.

  • @gyburiel
    @gyburiel ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

    • @bsdiceman
      @bsdiceman ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean?

    • @adeogun4668
      @adeogun4668 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Powerful proverb....only the wise knows the meaning.

  • @chrishiggins364
    @chrishiggins364 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Amazing please do papa doc next please

  • @mikehunt9884
    @mikehunt9884 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @user64240
    @user64240 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was amazing thank you!

  • @joydavid5428
    @joydavid5428 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm a Nigerian ❤️ Nigeria got Independence from the British 1960💪💪💪💪i wasn't born yet, but I knew History of my Country 💯✅

    • @freddymustafa5020
      @freddymustafa5020 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah the British, the biggest pirates of the world who still control lands far away from them today

  • @BarnaySlb
    @BarnaySlb ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Better than reading a book 👍

  • @AcidriCosmas-ki1lp
    @AcidriCosmas-ki1lp ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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

    • @global001
      @global001 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      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.

    • @BigGamer9211
      @BigGamer9211 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

    • @shamiah6381
      @shamiah6381 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@global001komanyoko wama 😔😔😔Go ahead and eat your pupu then come here and vomit nonsense

  • @aaronnelson7702
    @aaronnelson7702 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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.

  • @cavaleermountaineer3839
    @cavaleermountaineer3839 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent chronological and character based on evidence summary. Thank you.

  • @abelgarwe5104
    @abelgarwe5104 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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! 😀😃

  • @edwardodonnell6857
    @edwardodonnell6857 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    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.

    • @christopherroberson3905
      @christopherroberson3905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ,,☠️👿👿👿👿👹🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @user-io1jx3ke5q
      @user-io1jx3ke5q ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He wasn’t corrupt and he did a lot for Ugandans

    • @ndagirephiona7164
      @ndagirephiona7164 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He did not steal from Uganda, but stop that shit, he just wanted for Ugandans to stay away from the colonials.......

    • @liveyourbestsoftlife5705
      @liveyourbestsoftlife5705 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ndagirephiona7164 he worked with the English. Go read more he killed,raped amongst other brutal acts. He was a brute 🦍

    • @olsaffa7679
      @olsaffa7679 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ndagirephiona7164 Was he not the guy who ate his people?

  • @josephforrest9472
    @josephforrest9472 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    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.

    • @mcfact1827
      @mcfact1827 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How can this be verified?

    • @patmiddleton3947
      @patmiddleton3947 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mcfact1827 why do you need verification?It’s an anecdote.

    • @mcfact1827
      @mcfact1827 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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.

    • @martinaubut9208
      @martinaubut9208 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mcfact1827 the Man Who saw the Man Who saw the Man Who saw the Bear.

    • @yagamienjoyer4408
      @yagamienjoyer4408 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cap

  • @npaopa
    @npaopa ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice narrations pal

  • @sankargalsuresh3750
    @sankargalsuresh3750 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @22vx
    @22vx ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice job 👌 thanx for sharing 👍

  • @user-sq5vg9ru8g
    @user-sq5vg9ru8g 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amin's true image is untold all is tarnishing his true image

  • @robertmaybeth3434
    @robertmaybeth3434 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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!

  • @iankerridge5720
    @iankerridge5720 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    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

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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.

    • @MarvoloSalazar
      @MarvoloSalazar ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said mate

    • @lemondrizzle5658
      @lemondrizzle5658 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about the mass murder by the British empire??? No one talks about it.

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lemondrizzle5658 the IRISH do.

    • @dreambaked1024
      @dreambaked1024 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @ApocalypsoTron
    @ApocalypsoTron ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Clever and dramatic use of archive material. Great documentary.

  • @georgeambe4236
    @georgeambe4236 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely narration and most importantly the landscape of Wheatland in my area ( Narok)

  • @muniyandykatherason4734
    @muniyandykatherason4734 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great documentary. 👍

  • @jeremy339
    @jeremy339 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Every "leader" reflects the collective thoughts of the population. When that leader stands up to aggression, racism, colonialism, etc; they are deemed a threat to their oppressor. Thus, they are labeled: dictator, terrorist, evil, etc.

  • @malcolmmarshall5946
    @malcolmmarshall5946 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Idi was a brutal savage

  • @AB-rx6no
    @AB-rx6no 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for your work

  • @jefferysims5676
    @jefferysims5676 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos

  • @allangilchrist5938
    @allangilchrist5938 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Idi Amin having a deluded view of ruling an independent Scotland. Strange, seems to remind me of someone.

  • @rickoshay5525
    @rickoshay5525 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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".

    • @YoogiNation
      @YoogiNation ปีที่แล้ว

      They don’t care about Africa but they care about the Middle East. I wonder why?🤔

    • @SkepticalTeacher
      @SkepticalTeacher 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Neither did the rest of Africa care about Africans being massacred!

  • @user-zw1qg7fu1m
    @user-zw1qg7fu1m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @alexlents4689
    @alexlents4689 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    A terrible mixture of cruelty and incompetence.
    Tanzania did the world a favor by forcing him out.

    • @anthonylewis2080
      @anthonylewis2080 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @rossdawgsbrokenspirit9038
    @rossdawgsbrokenspirit9038 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are 3 kinds of government in Africa 1. Corrupt 2. Incompetent 3. Corrupt & Incompetent

  • @chrisjuma9445
    @chrisjuma9445 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    THERE WAS A PRESIDENT CALLED TITO OKELLO, that's the one Museveni deposed, Tito deposed Obote, and M7 deposed Tito

  • @jannepetersen4660
    @jannepetersen4660 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think that this despot should know by now how hell is like......

  • @rafbalogun3467
    @rafbalogun3467 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Nigeria gained independence the year 1960. Just a quick correction please. Thanks

  • @DEEDEEEAGERNEXKING
    @DEEDEEEAGERNEXKING ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember watching the movie the rise and fall of idi Amin,I was very young then and also frightened when I saw it

    • @frankbalibundi1962
      @frankbalibundi1962 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imagine those of uf who went through that ordeal !

  • @meskeremsaunier4216
    @meskeremsaunier4216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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 👍🔝

  • @tariqsiddique4561
    @tariqsiddique4561 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video brother iam from London

  • @shadowfilm7980
    @shadowfilm7980 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How he had that woman’s limbs cut off and sewn on backwards on her body. Plus ordering certain people’s heads to be smashed by sledge hammers. “Nice guy”.

  • @metacomet2066
    @metacomet2066 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I suppose you can't really damn him for following Britain's "Here's how you take over someone else's country" example.

  • @danielonyia1781
    @danielonyia1781 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "that Africa was dealing with a partial mad man " got me

  • @wandoree
    @wandoree ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very educative

  • @shlomomark2275
    @shlomomark2275 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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

    • @gung2549
      @gung2549 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If only Israel coulda been stopped even sooner right

  • @handsomeblackman255
    @handsomeblackman255 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He looks like Biggie.

  • @Deja115
    @Deja115 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Patiently waiting for Despot Museveni’s documentary

  • @giftmabaso5216
    @giftmabaso5216 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent presentation

  • @awakefromyourslumber8344
    @awakefromyourslumber8344 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anybody they could not bully becomes a villan

  • @angeloavanti2538
    @angeloavanti2538 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One of the all time 'sweethearts' of the human race.

    • @PanStolasFan
      @PanStolasFan ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m guessing you have a misanthropic view of people then.

  • @virtuoakycent3165
    @virtuoakycent3165 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @breetalentafrica5349
    @breetalentafrica5349 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

    • @bobbi412
      @bobbi412 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man fuck that guy and the little good he did.

  • @johnmartin2079
    @johnmartin2079 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Idi was lost thinking he could be the king of schotland.

  • @servantsofchristph8700
    @servantsofchristph8700 ปีที่แล้ว

    Narration is superb

  • @lilyumwiza715
    @lilyumwiza715 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The bagandans!!! That gave me a giggle 😂✌. It's baganda. Great documentary. Lil bit of errors here and there but nothing too weird.

  • @trevorelvis1355
    @trevorelvis1355 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    4:20 I think the literacy levels were extremely low in the first half of the century cause the British made sure people never went to school or shared educational facilities with them. As a result, when Uganda got her independence most of the people where extremely poor and uneducated. I think it says a lot about why they have never elected a leader into power through a transparent and fair democratic process to this day.

    • @miltonhollis703
      @miltonhollis703 ปีที่แล้ว

      TRUE....GOT IT RIGHT!! ELVIS

    • @JW-uv7ww
      @JW-uv7ww ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why haven't they made their own schools?

    • @thesecondYouTube
      @thesecondYouTube ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JW-uv7ww
      It takes hundreds of years to get over hundreds of years of oppression and social breakdown.
      It took Western Europe a thousand years to get over the fall of Rome.

    • @kyled3660
      @kyled3660 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is absolutely untrue and has never been a method of British colonialism. You are either misinformed or ignorant.

    • @lawilkarama8688
      @lawilkarama8688 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JW-uv7ww Although Obote had a military regime, he build schools and hospitals that were free although I question if it was regional or spread out in the country. de increase literacy within the country since the British had a selective educational system.

  • @Conductoroli
    @Conductoroli ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How strange. Pol Pot also had a mysterious 1928 birth that could have been a few years before. 1928 is the year of monsters?😊

    • @MercyAluMusic
      @MercyAluMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      His Excellency President Idi Amin was not a monster.

    • @Conductoroli
      @Conductoroli ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MercyAluMusic 😂😂

  • @dharmaviharigandhi
    @dharmaviharigandhi ปีที่แล้ว

    Worth watching .

  • @CUBIQO12
    @CUBIQO12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Coud you please do Laurent Gbagbo Ivory Coast ! Please .. amazing contents by the way 👏

  • @pyrysaarinen4954
    @pyrysaarinen4954 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Islamic school at bombo" why was that so funny😄

  • @888ssss
    @888ssss ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the man was a smart cookie. he played the muslim card on the west while arranging huge finance deal via the african jews.

  • @emmilyamonde3637
    @emmilyamonde3637 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quite enjoyable past chronical events .....I'm Patrick ondiek from kendubay Kenya homabay county

  • @AckzaTV
    @AckzaTV ปีที่แล้ว

    With Amin, Every Friday was Black Friday...I mean "African American Friday"

  • @andysaunders3708
    @andysaunders3708 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And the Belgians still have rather a lot of explaining to do.

  • @hugopetrus34
    @hugopetrus34 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He was a man out of his depth who had a childish outlook

    • @acroyerx1193
      @acroyerx1193 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @What Ever So he was a precurser to trump? Interesting!

    • @acroyerx1193
      @acroyerx1193 ปีที่แล้ว

      @What Ever Son, trump couldn't make anyone look like a Rhodes scholar except perhaps the walking brain death which populates his fan base. And as far as the current President, the things which come from his mouth are still 100 percent more intelligent, cogent, relative and truthful than just about anything that trump babbled out in 4 years of squatting in the White House being an outright criminal. Also, I count YOU as a trump fan.

    • @malcolmmarshall5946
      @malcolmmarshall5946 ปีที่แล้ว

      Male version of Kamala Harris... childish and out of her depth

  • @user-dm7km4ok4l
    @user-dm7km4ok4l 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When u finish also talk the good things he did for his country in your next video…..

  • @jamestutton4735
    @jamestutton4735 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great documentary .thank GOD FOR AMERICA.

  • @newred8924
    @newred8924 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My mom was kicked out of Uganda by him in 79

  • @marcusaurelius9577
    @marcusaurelius9577 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This guy he wasn’t seen literally but do you know there’s actually a big study between psychopaths cruel
    dictators and warlords like Hitler Stalin Idi Amin and many others with this one thing it’s their fathers having no father having abusive fathers
    or having a weak father figures you’d be surprised how much people especially men are affected themselves
    growing up becoming men how their mind and personality and what they do this is actually been common knowledge I think since like the late 1800s the lack of a father figure
    having abusive one or having weak ones can really shape a man’s personality and future
    it’s actually quite scary and very important as civilization that should really home in on the nuclear family in the importance of father in that family not trying to get rid of it

    • @nooanykanen5864
      @nooanykanen5864 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Isn't the important part the father figure not the nuclear family? We know from history that the nuclear family is rather new invention, which was conceived as a staple of our family values in the 50s. Before this it was common for people to raise their children together as bigger communities.

    • @nooanykanen5864
      @nooanykanen5864 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@S.J.L No, more like neighbors friends and such.

    • @Forgemno
      @Forgemno ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Power corrupts everyone.

    • @ramongonzalezdiaz9511
      @ramongonzalezdiaz9511 ปีที่แล้ว

      They all have something in commun,that is me me me me,fk the rest...just like little hands Trump..........

    • @dannicatzer305
      @dannicatzer305 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nooanykanen5864 Well that's complete crap, maybe the term comes from the 50s but the idea kids were raised in bigger groups or communities is all kinds of horseshit..

  • @BROTHERARTMUSICArturoJCastro
    @BROTHERARTMUSICArturoJCastro ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent documentary. ✔

    • @jonathangoodridge2332
      @jonathangoodridge2332 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @malachi3185
    @malachi3185 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nigerians independence was October 1st 1960 not 1961 as mentioned by the narrator. Please take note.