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Idi Amin

President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979

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Nov 27, 2025
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Did political or safety concerns in Uganda influence the Mamdani family's decision to relocate?

The available reporting shows the Mamdani family left Uganda as part of a broader migration tied to political upheavals affecting Ugandan Asians across decades — most notably the 1972 expulsion under ...

Nov 12, 2025
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How did Zohran Mamdani's family move from Uganda to the US?

Zohran Mamdani’s family left Uganda during the upheaval of Idi Amin’s 1972 expulsion of Asians and relocated first to the UK and later to the United States, settling in New York when Zohran was a youn...

Nov 10, 2025
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What are the key events in Mahmood Mamdani's family migration story?

Mahmood Mamdani’s family migration story centers on a transnational arc from , shaped decisively by the 1972 expulsion of Asians from Uganda under Idi Amin and by his academic migrations for study and...

Nov 8, 2025

How did Mahmood Mamdani's family migration experiences influence his academic focus on refugees and postcolonialism?

Mahmood Mamdani’s family migration and his personal experience of expulsion from Uganda are central, repeatedly cited explanations for his scholarly focus on refugees, exile, and the legacies of colon...

Jan 4, 2026

What specific political events in Uganda around the Mamdani family's relocation timeframe might have prompted their move?

The Mamdani family’s relocation was prompted principally by the violent political rupture triggered by General Idi Amin’s seizure of power in 1971 and his formal expulsion of Uganda’s Asian minority i...

Nov 29, 2025

“The Indian Ocean belongs to me and if I don’t get access, there will be wars.” Ugandan president

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni warned that landlocked countries denied sea access could face “wars” in future, saying “that ocean belongs to me; I am entitled to it,” comments widely reported afte...

Nov 7, 2025

What is Mahmood Mamdani's birthplace and year?

Mahmood Mamdani was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), British India, in 1946; several recent sources give his birthdate as 23 April 1946 and note he was raised in Kampala, Uganda. , while a minority of doc...