The Last King of Scotland - Part 1

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The episode discusses the implications of the film 'The Last King of Scotland' and its portrayal of Idi Amin's regime through the eyes of a Scottish doctor.

Send a text Mercurial and Malignant or misunderstood? During a medical mission to Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan becomes the personal physician and close confidante of President Idi Amin. But Garrigan soon realises that he’s become complicit in atrocities in a murderous regime and tries to escape… But does the Last King of Scotland promote stereotypes about African leaders? Join Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo in this Hollywood Africans two-parter on Apple podcasts, Spotify, YouT...

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Hosts: Barbara Angopa, Amaka Ugwunkwo

Topics covered

• Uganda
• Idi Amin
• medical mission
• atrocities
• African leaders
• film analysis

Keywords

• Last King of Scotland
• Idi Amin
• Nicholas Garrigan
• Uganda
• atrocities
• film review
• African leaders
• stereotypes

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