Amin In Uganda Research Paper

The last source gathered was a short documentary titled, One of the Most Evil Men in History: Idi Amin. The documentary was produced by Uden Associates in 2001, the documentary comes from a series of documentaries about the most evil men in history, which gives the documentary more credibility as they have published multiple historical accounts. Similarly, to the previous clip, but to a greater extent the documentary uses confronting pictures (Appendix 5), menacing music and a number of negative adjectives to describe the brutality. Throughout the documentary, there are clips from a variety of people who had their own personal experiences with Amin, such as one of Amin’s British commanders at the time and four journalists who lived in Uganda

During the 1900’s two deadly wars were raging on, the civil war in Sierra Leone and the genocide in Rwanda. The civil war in Sierra Leone began in March 1991, while the genocide began in 1994. Combined these two wars killed upward of 1,050,000 people, and affected the lives of all the people that lived there. The conflicts in Sierra Leone and Rwanda occurred for different major reasons, but many little aspects were similar. Politics and Ethnicity were the two main conflicts, but despite the different moments rebellions and the murder of innocent people occurred in both places.

Invisible Children is an organization that was founded by three college students who traveled through East Africa in 2003. While there, the students learned of the negative affects of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel army that has been terrorizing Uganda for over thirty years. The students were so moved by this injustice that they decided to share it, using a documentary of their experience to tell audiences in the States of the Ugandan’s plight. The story gained traction and the students decided to form an organization called Invisible Children to help raise awareness of the conflict in Uganda and initiate efforts to help bring relief, justice, and freedom to the affected countries.

In 1998, fighting began over what is said to be a minor border dispute, as well as differences on ethnicity and economic progress. This is highly understandable considering the various ethnicities in each country, the religious differences, and the tribal conflicts that have been taking place in the region. This fighting began a two-year long war, in which countless men and women were killed and the economies of the two countries ravaged by the military expenditures (Abbink, 2003, p. 410-16). In the end, Ethiopia’s size, military power, and armament won out over Eritrea’s enthusiasm, and the two countries formed a tenuous peace that has lasted through the present (Abbink, 2003, p. 416-17).

After The 1994 Genocide of Rwanda the nation was in shambles. The genocide of 1994, believed the members of the country’s Hutu’s ethnic majority killed nearly 1 million minority Tutsis in a 100 day riot. However, Kagame and other political leaders began the slow process of rebuilding Rwanda. The 2000 presidential election of President Paul Kagame led the Country of Rwanda, toward a big success story. President Kagame is a public advocate and a human rights champion for a new model of foreign aid. President Kagame applies his strategic, tactical attitude to the environment, justice, and economics, but in a very specific way. Some examples; there is not a mango peel on the roads. He made the importation of plastic bags illegal, and the bags are not biodegradable, he not only wants the streets clean, Rwanda is an immaculate nation. Equally important, the country should not rely on worldwide contributions. This President believes poverty

Rwanda is a small landlocked country located in Central Africa. It neighbors Uganda to the north, Burundi to the south, the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west and Tanzania to the east. According to the CIA world factbook the total area of Rwanda is 26,338 km2 composed of 24,668 km2 of land and 1,670 km2 of water. The land use is about ¾ agricultural land with 47% arable land, 10% permanent crops, 17% permanent pasture, 18% forest, and 7.5% other (Central Intelligence Agency). Rwanda is plagued by deforestation leading to a loss of biodiversity, soil erosion and landslides, flooding, and degradation of the watershed (United Nations, “Environment”). These effects create risk for the general public and decrease the capacity of the country

What we see in the case of civil war is that greed and capital are the roots of all evil and human life is seen as a last concern of the ones who crave for profit. Governments don’t always use their power and trust of their people for prosperity of the country but for their accumulative wealth. The government is willing to obtain the capital by any means necessary; even if that means that their own people die at the expense of natural resources that only obtain value by the assumption of the ones that wants it. In Sierra Leone this was the case that highlights these truths. Momoh gained the trust of the people of Sierra Leone and then sought the diamond mines as a profit for himself and his colleagues instead of for his people. Sierra

This downfall of the Ugandan government to care for the north and the Acholi people lead for leaders like Lakwena and Kony to emerge. Both of these leaders offered holistic solutions based on Acholi learnings, creating a social hierarchy that mobilized the population (Acker, p. 345). Since the government was not supporting prosperous

Politics is always an act of manipulation and there may be a dissonance between the public persona of a leader and the ruthless actuality of their lives. Kevin Macdonald’s 2006 political biopic film The Last King of Scotland is based on political and personal events throughout the narcissistic Adi Amin’s despotic, traumatic and destructive rule of Uganda during the 1970s. It shows two different representations of Amin: one that manipulates his public persona as someone who works for and with the people and the other as someone ruthless who will manipulate anyone to stay in power. The film is also an act of manipulation as we witness these events through the perspective of the politically naïve and altruistic eyes of Nick Garrigan.

One of the main reasons quelling violence and conflict in Africa is so difficult, rests with the accessible availability and variety of valuable natural resources. Oppositional factions seeking to gain power acquire and utilize natural resources by any means necessary, to support their position. Once in power factions use natural resources to maintain positioning, and project their influence. External belligerents have the capacity to assist in destabilizing a nation by assisting, or investing with an internal oppositional force, and then negotiate the form of repayment upon

Idi Amin ruled Uganda from 1971 to 1979 during that time a lust for power, crippling paranoia, and constant threats to his authority turned Amin into an authoritarian leader who ultimately took the lives of over 300,000 Ugandans. Amin’s quest for power, egoism, and corruption was instrumental in Amin’s creation of the Ugandan state during his rule. Amin used common “state building” techniques such as the social identity theory (SIT) and in/out group hypothesis. Amin used his Ugandan identity and his poor upbringings to connect with the people of Uganda. Amin also vested trust in a small number of advisors that he would confide in completely, those people would become his most important allies. However, this group of advisors ranged from those who would “tell him their honest opinion” to “yes men” who would follow his every

Uganda's main success is from their soil conditions and the climate. Most of Uganda receives plenty amounts of rain all year round. In some years the southeast and southwest areas have more than 150 millilitres every month. In the northern areas, there is often a dry season in December and January. The temperatures vary degrees above or below 20°C with differences in altitude.

Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders;

Countering the rise of militant extremism has central to U.S. strategy in the Middle East, but the same has not generally been true for Africa. A mix of communal tensions, radical Islamism, and anti-Americanism has produced a breeding ground for militancy.

Imagine being given only 90 days to pick up your life and leave a place you call home. The Non-Citizen Asian population of Uganda was given only three months, ninety days to be precise, to leave the country. Later Asians who were Ugandan citizens were also expelled. Idi Amin’s reasoning for expelling 60,000 Asians from Uganda is still unclear. There are many theories put forth, but they remain mere speculation. As a result of Idi Amin’s erratic behavior, jingoism, and ruthlessness, Uganda’s economic ultimately suffered to this day from this act.