Idi Amin Dada: Hero of Africa? as told by Jaffar Amin

"If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning."

Idi Amin

“If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.”

Idi Amin Dada

Last night I had the pleasure again to cohost Black truth Media's radio program.  As mentioned before, I am honoured that the invitation was extended to me and am proud to help out in any capacity.  For what it's worth, I have received several positive comments and hope to continue providing the quality programming that Priest Jaja and the Black truth Media audience are accustomed too.

Further, last night was my introduction, and maybe many of the listening audience as well, to Jaffar Amin, son of the late Idi Amin Dada, former President of Uganda.  These days most peoples opinions and understandings may be based on the recently released "Last King of Scotland", starring Forrest Whitaker as Amin.  As dynamic a performer as Whitaker is, I'm not sure how well received the film was amongst Diasporic Africans, at least in the circles I run.

For all of the myth of Dada, as many affectionately call him, much has been left out of the popular propaganda and profile of one of post-colonial Africa's most notable and visible figures.  As a man, Amin was a very imposing figure of formidable stature.  Jaffar Amin, one of Idi Amin's 60 children, explained how his father was a very good man, despite all accounts to the contrary.  He related to the listeners that his the late Amin was a very "mothering father", perhaps having to do with his being raised by a single mother.

There was so much more I wanted to ask but time was against us the night, and with long distance service between D.C. and Ghana, even on Skype, the connection wasn't always great.  But I implore you to listen for yourself and exercise your own judgement about the man who some people say proclaimed himself, The Last King of Scotland.

Jaffar Amin's book is titled Idi Amin: Hero or Villain? and is co-authored by Margaret Akulia

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