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Mahmood Mamdani on Marxist intellectual Samir Amin
Samir Amin’s life resembled that of Karl Marx: a man without a homeland, but one whose home was a chosen commitment to a historical project.
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Professor Mahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan academic, author and political commentator.
Samir Amin’s life resembled that of Karl Marx: a man without a homeland, but one whose home was a chosen commitment to a historical project.
An extract from Mahmood Mamdani’s seminal study, ‘When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda.”
The umpteenth stand-off between Uganda’s government and the “Walk to Work” protests by opposition forces.