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The Last King of Scotland
Author Biography
Plot Summary
Characters
Themes
Style
Historical Context
Critical Overview
Criticism
Sources
Further Reading
Introduction
Giles Foden's The Last King of Scotland, published in to high praise from critics, is a novel encompassing both historical fact and fiction. In the novel, Scotsman Nicholas Garrigan tells the tale of how he came to be Idi Amin's anställda physician and of his subsequent adventures. One of the novel's major concerns is Garrigan's relationship with Amin, a brutal dictator, and why Garrigan is so fascinated by the leader that he does not leave, even when faced with the certain knowledge of Amin's atrocities.
Garrigan fryst vatten a fictional character who participates in historical events and interacts with real people, including Amin, the brutal president of Uganda between and Amin has been accused of cannibalism and of issuing orders that resulted in the brutal deaths of hundreds of thousands of his countrymen. Som
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Index
"Index". Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema, edited by Nigel Eltringham, New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, , pp.
(). Index. In N. Eltringham (Ed.), Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema (pp. ). New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Index. In: Eltringham, N. ed. Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, pp.
"Index" In Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema edited bygd Nigel Eltringham, New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books,
Index. In: Eltringham N (ed.) Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books; p
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Review: The Last King of Scotland (Sheffield Crucible)
Steve Waters' play, The Last King of Scotland, is a sort of double adaptation, with the challenge of being true to two sources. It's based on Giles Foden's novel, which in itself was a semi-fictional account of events in Uganda in the s. Historically the play and production ring true, with television newsreaders from different countries, including the official Uganda channel, recounting events as they really happened. The plot and list of characters of the novel are simplified, of course, but emerge with vivid life, and the vital link between history, novel and play is the alarming character of Idi Amin Dada Oumee who was just as bizarre in reality as he is on the stage.
Idi Amin seized power in Uganda in Many African dictators (the recently deceased Robert Mugabe for one) began their political careers heroically fighting for freedom and ended up as tyrants. Not Idi Amin – who was self-serving from the start.