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We learn from Mahmood Mamdani, a Muslim, a Columbia University Profesor and the husband of the filmmaker Mira Nair, that the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin who persecuted Hindus was actually a nice guy.
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How Mira Nair's hubby helped Forest Whitaker
When Forest Whitaker was preparing for his role as Idi Amin in director Kevin Macdonald's The King of Scotland, he read a lot of books and met with several people -- the late Ugandan dictator's family and others who knew him or had met him.
The African-American actor's performance has won him a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and an Oscar, in addition to several other trophies.
'Most people in the West see him (Amin) as a savage who had nothing to offer,' Whitaker recently said. 'But if you talk to Ugandans they have a very mixed point of view of Idi Amin.'
'I spoke to an East Indian man, a scholar -- (filmmaker) Mira Nair's husband,' Whitaker said, referring to Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman professor of government in the anthropology and political science departments at New York's Columbia University. 'He is a third-generation Ugandan and <b>he had amazingly positive things to say about Idi Amin</b>. He said Amin helped the country immensely. That was confusing for me, because Amin did kick the Asians out of Uganda. He gave them 90 days.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Idi Amin was a good man: Columbia University Professor
We learn from Mahmood Mamdani, a Muslim, a Columbia University Profesor and the husband of the filmmaker Mira Nair, that the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin who persecuted Hindus was actually a nice guy.
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From Rediff:
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How Mira Nair's hubby helped Forest Whitaker
When Forest Whitaker was preparing for his role as Idi Amin in director Kevin Macdonald's The King of Scotland, he read a lot of books and met with several people -- the late Ugandan dictator's family and others who knew him or had met him.
The African-American actor's performance has won him a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and an Oscar, in addition to several other trophies.
'Most people in the West see him (Amin) as a savage who had nothing to offer,' Whitaker recently said. 'But if you talk to Ugandans they have a very mixed point of view of Idi Amin.'
'I spoke to an East Indian man, a scholar -- (filmmaker) Mira Nair's husband,' Whitaker said, referring to Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman professor of government in the anthropology and political science departments at New York's Columbia University. 'He is a third-generation Ugandan and <b>he had amazingly positive things to say about Idi Amin</b>. He said Amin helped the country immensely. That was confusing for me, because Amin did kick the Asians out of Uganda. He gave them 90 days.
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