In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni – that shaped post-independence Uganda.
As he explains to The Conversation Africa, there are striking differences between the two men.
Museveni has been in office for almost four decades. Amin lasted eight years. What explains Museveni’s endurance?
