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After seizing power in a 1971 coup, Ugandan military commander Idi Amin promised a return to democracy — but he delivered a brutal dictatorship. Known for his erratic and sadistic behaviour, Amin’s reign was defined by ethnic purges, forced expulsions and total economic collapse. We continue our series, How to Defeat Authoritarianism , exploring the legacy of Idi Amin and the conflation of personality with totalitarian politics. Listen to other episodes in this series: How to Defeat Authoritarianism | Benito Mussolini's Italy How to Defeat Authoritarianism | Augusto Pinochet's Chile How to Defeat Authoritarianism | Bashar al-Assad's Syria How to Defeat Authoritarianism | Today's Authoritarians Guests on the podcast: Nam Kiwanuka is an award-winning Ugandan-Canadian journalist, host and producer with TVO. Nakanyike Musisi is a professor of African history at the University of Toronto, and an internationally recognized scholar of African gender, political, and social history. Derek Peterson is a professor of history and African studies at the University of Michigan. He is also the author of A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda .