Often called the “Butcher of Uganda,” Idi Amin was the notorious dictator who ruled Uganda during the 1970s and oversaw the killings of as many as 300,000 people. Now, Uganda is planning an Idi Amin museum.
Four years ago, researchers working to preserve Ugandan history came across an old metal filing cabinet at the state broadcasting company and pried it open. Inside were some 70,000 negatives.
The exhibition juxtaposes images of Amin with images of his victims — government ministers, soldiers, business owners, religious leaders —In a place that has long tried to forget its grim past, that was the intent. The Uganda Tourism Board has also been exploring the idea of tapping into the growing international “dark tourism” market.
“Idi Amin’s name attracts a lot of interest,” he said. “He became a major selling point for Western media — his large size, his ruthlessness.” “Never again shall we have a leader like that,” said the spokesman, Ofwono Opondo. “Never again shall we have a government like that.” “This is uncharted territory in many ways,” said Derek Peterson, a professor at the University of Michigan, one of the institutions that organized the exhibition. “You never know how people are going to respond.”
Far from most other tourist attractions, it would cater to people in that area. The dictator is remembered fondly by some of the older generation there for directing government largesse to his own ethnic group.
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