Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State

Author: Mahmood Mamdani

Slow Poison is an authoritative and personal account of the tragic fate of Uganda and the unravelling of its struggle for decolonialization under the rule of Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni. Mamdani casts a learned and wary eye on the two leaders and the global heavyweights that exploited and manipulated Uganda before and after its independence.