The Last King of Scotland - Part 1
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Send us a textMercurial and Malignant or misunderstood?During a medical mission to Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan becomes the personal physician and close confidante of President Idi Amin.But Garrigan soon realises that he’s become complicit in atrocities in a murderous regime and tries to escape…But does the Last King of Scotland promote stereotypes about African leaders?Welcome to Hollywood Africans, the podcast which reframes, recasts and remakes Africa and Africans in the movie...
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