Idi Amin vs. Robert Mugabe - a podcast by World History Broadcasts

In this episode the hosts discuss the lives and legacies of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe.

The hosts discuss Idi Amin's rise to power, his manic behaviour, his involvement with Operation Entebbe, the brutal massacres under his regime and his eventual downfall. They also discuss Mugabe's time as an African independence leader, his ruthless consolidation of power with the Gukurahundi, the seizure of white owned land and the creation of hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe.

These two dictators battle it out in Round 9  of the knock-out tournament to determine the single greatest dictator of all time. One of these two dictators will be eliminated from the tournament and the other will remain in contention to be crowned history's biggest dictator.

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