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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rodney Muhumuza

Zohran Mamdani started learning about politics in Uganda. Locals knew he would rise to power

With an “insatiable curiosity about the world,” Zohran Mamdani walked into the Daily Monitor newsroom in Uganda in 2007 as a teenager with the hopes of becoming a “top reporter.”

Mamdani’s father had arranged for his son to spend time at the newspaper with the intention of his teenager learning more about current affairs.

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