TY  - BOOK
AU  - Derek R. Peterson and Richard Vokes
TI  - The unseen archive of Idi Amin: photographs from the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
SN  - 9783791386454
U1  - 967.610 PET 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Munich ; New York
PB  - Prestel
KW  - Amin, Idi, 1925-2003
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Chosen from a collection of 70,000 negatives from the archive of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, the images in this remarkable collection were taken by Amin's personal photographers between the 1950s and mid-1980s. Like many dictators, Amin used photography as a means of spreading propaganda that would flatter his regime while obscuring its failures and abuses. Organized into thematic sections, these photographs show how Amin sought to gain support for acts such as his expulsion of tens of thousands of South Asians in 1972 and for the "Economic War," in which citizens charged with petty theft were tried and executed. There are also fascinating insights into the ways Amin hoped to promote Ugandan arts and culture, including a food-eating competition in Kampala and ceremonial visits to
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