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Idi Amin Part 5: Husband, Father, Movie Star

Real Dictators

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The Last King of Scotland

Kay, Idi Amin's second wife, was found dismembered in the boot of a car. Her subsequent butchery is often held up as a macabre revenge killing on the part of Amin. The best-selling novel and 2006 film adapted from it, The Last King of Scotland, brought the story of Idi Amin to a whole new audience. For as much as actor Forrest Whittaker is in mesmerizing Oscar-winning form as Idi Amin, he plays fast and loose with the facts.

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