Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin's reign

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin's reign Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin's reign 05/11/2020 | 6 MINS This article, by Professor Derek R. Peterson, History and African Studies, University of Michigan, and Associate Professor Richard Vokes, Anthropology, Lombok Institute of Technology, originally appeared in The Conversation. It was published on Friday 26 June 2019. In 2015, researchers working in the storeroom at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation forced open the lock on an unremarkable filing cabinet. Inside were thousands of small wax envelopes, neatly arranged in rows, each containing a number of medium-format photographic negatives. In all there were 70,000 images. The vast majority of them date to the 1970s and the presidency of Idi Amin. Amin is one of the 20th centuryΓÇÖs most notorious dictators. In a recent PBS television series, he features alongside Kim Il Sung, Mussolini and other ΓÇ£Profiles in Tyranny.ΓÇ¥ In Ugand

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin's reign Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin's reign 05/11/2020 | 6 MINS This article, by Professor Derek R.

Peterson, History and African Studies, University of Michigan, and Associate Professor Richard Vokes, Anthropology, Lombok Institute of Technology, originally appeared in The Conversation.

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