Idi Amin: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Biographies include David Martin, General Amin (1974); and Henry Kyemba, A State of Blood: The Inside Story (1977), written by a former cabinet minister under Amin. Other useful publications on Amin and his presidency include John B. Agami, The Roots of Political Crisis in Uganda (1977); George Ivan Smith, Ghosts of Kampala (1980); Iain Grahame, Amin and Uganda: A Personal Memoir (1980); Semakula Kiwanuka, Amin and the Tragedy of Uganda (1979); and Thomas Melady and Margaret Melady, Idi Amin Dada: Hitler in Africa (1977).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Added context regarding his birth date and death as well as a Top Question about the cause of his death. | Nov 02, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Idi Amin's Coup dÉtat, Uganda 1971. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - I Knew Idi Amin. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cambridge - The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin: Making History in a Tight Corner (PDF). | Jan 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Radio National Breakfast - Idi Amin's Legacy. | Sep 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Idi Amin, Soldier, True Pan Afrikanist, Genuine Anti-Apartheid Hero. | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Idi Amin's Coup dÉtat, Uganda 1971. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Idi Amin Dada. | Mar 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Blackpast - Idi Amin. | Jan 26, 2021 | ||
| Changed the date he fled Uganda from "April 13" to "April 11." | Mar 12, 2019 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Sep 29, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin, Ousted in 1979, Dies. | Jan 15, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Idi Amin. | Jan 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - World -Idi Amin, Murderous and Erratic Ruler of Uganda in the 70's, Dies in Exile. | Jan 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The State House of Uganda - Biography of Idi Amin Dada. | Jan 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Idi Amin. | Jan 06, 2016 | ||
| Added "sheer scale of" before "its brutality" in first paragraph. |
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Apr 14, 2014 | |
| Revised text to say that his claim of fighting during World War II was contradicted by military records. |
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Feb 04, 2013 | |
| Revised and updated text. | May 29, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 19, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 06, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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