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I read A State of Blood shortly after returning from Uganda, maybe to gain a sense of perspective on the history of this country. It was a compelling read, if a gruesome one. Henry Kyemba gives us his own insights into Idi Amin's regime: what it meant to be living in Uganda at that time but also what led to the regime and how he thought it. A state of blood by Henry Kyemba, 1997, Fountain Publishers edition, in English - Fountain ed.

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Written in exile, under tight security, here is Henry Kyemba's inside story of Idi Amin.
Published (first published January 1st 1977)
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As I read this unbelievable memoir, I have a hard time understanding why Kyemba stayed as long as he did. I mean, even after Amin had his brother murdered he still came back to work for the tyrant thug. Reading these accounts of murder after murder after murder it starts to become unreal. I went to Kampala over Xmas time, however and I was shocked to learn that the people of Uganda do not hate Amin. In fact they credit him with producing some of the city's important architectural buildings, etc....more
Wow! This true story will blow your head off for surprises. I was aware of how murderous Gen. Idi Amin was but I wasn't prepared for some of the bloodier incidences and the sense of danger that loomed over every public figure in Uganda at that time. The list of prominent people killed at the beginning of the book moreover gives a hint of how much the ordinary people must have suffered without the notice and attention of the international press.
When I purchased this book, I hoped to get a picture of Idi Amin's personality, and an inside story on how he maintained power. Instead I got a disconnected - though interesting - hodgepodge of anecdotes. The author states that he was a confidant of Amin's with whom he 'could talk to at any time of the day or night,' but he fails to explore Amin's character or tell us how he managed to maintain his hold on the government while Ugandan society fell apart.
I couldn't help but feeling that the autho...more
Oct 29, 2016FishfaceA state of blood henry kyemba rated it really liked it
Shelves: biography, true-crime, memoir, local-history
This is Henry Kyemba's memoir of being a member of Milton Obote's government in Uganda, and then -- somewhat to his surprise -- finding himself highly placed in Idi Amin's government after Amin ousted Obote. This is a cool and rational description of what Amin put his country through, and it is clear that Kyemba doesn't want to know, or at any rate linger over, too many of the details of Amin's genocide of his own constituents, the destruction of the country's economy or Uganda's standing in the...more

I read A State of Blood shortly after returning from Uganda, maybe to gain a sense of perspective on the history of this country.

It was a compelling read, if a gruesome one. Henry Kyemba gives us his own insights into Idi Amin's regime: what it meant to be living in Uganda at that time but also what led to the regime and how he thought it would evolve (at the time of writing). Although it shouldn't be taken as a stand-alone document on Uganda under Idi Amin, it is an important testimony that de

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I remember when Idi Amin was in the news regularly, in the seventies, as a really bad guy, but I did not know how evil he really was. I am doing a study, for my own education, on Uganda, and this book is a real eye-opening place to start. Horrible. The author spares no gory detail, and one can feel his anguish, not only at having to play a part in a corrupt and cruelly violent evil government, but also in having to witness the economic destruction of his home country. Sadly, the portrayal of Idi...more
Couldn't put it down, it just seemed too horrible to be true that Idi Amin got away with as much as he did for so long. It is also unbelievable how long Kyemba stayed before defecting, but I guess better late than never. This book was published awhile ago but the world continues to allow the worst dictators to literally get away with mass murder, which is incomprehensible in this day and age.
was Idi Amin really a cannibal?
Dec 20, 2012Kalpana Behara rated it liked it
Doing a deep dive into understanding east Africa and this was a good start. Having visited Uganda and specifically the places mentioned in the book recently, this started feeling a bit personal as the narrative unfolded. A bit too detailed in parts but a very good perspective and a personal account of life in Uganda in the 70s. One perspective is never enough though.
Jun 19, 2015Ashabaheebwa Timothy rated it it was ok
The book seems to give an account of what happened during the time of Amin more so from someone in the inner circle. However the writer should have told us how the late Idi Amin managed to maintain his grip on power for so long with all the limitations he had.
The real story of the Last King of Scotland.

A State Of Blood Henry Kyemba

I can vouch for many of the facts of this book, as I was in Uganda in 1976 (and was locked up for being a tourist with a camera; all my spools of film were destroyed and my camera confiscated) - both me and my friend John Nickson were locked up in Kampala, and treated VERY badly.
The amazing thing about this book is that Henry hung around as a cabinet minister for so long even after his brother was killed. I am a bit sceptical; there must have been something in it for him. But the book is well wr...more
The book has a lot of gory brutality of dictatorship. Worse because the dictator lacks a formal education.
There are so many killings reported even if by estimation (150,000) humans.
But it has increased my curiosity of how Idi Amin died and how Uganda was rehabilitated. As well as how it is operating in this new era of computers, smartphones and connectivity.
Henry Kiyemba tells a story of the heinous crimes of a barbaric dictator. The throes suffered by the people is truly despicable. It's heart wrenching to describe the killings and death, let alone being subjected to such punishment. I have not been to Uganda, I'd like to go there. I believe the country has risen from this bloody state to the pearl it truly is.
Feb 11, 2018Chris Schaffer rated it liked it
I liked the details it exposed on Amin and his atrocities. It was hard to read and not be skeptical of Kyemba's complicity in all of it. He knew at the end that Amin knew that he knew too much and smartly defected, otherwise he surely would have been executed.
Jun 06, 2019Avinash Bhusal rated it it was amazing
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I am a bit disappointed in this book, I expected much more.

State Of Blood Henry Kyemba Pdf Creator

Very interesting insiders perspective. Killing after killing after killing, gets a little repetitive.
Good god....you thought the movie was grim, read the first-hand account by a former official and 'friend' of Amin.
Extremely interesting book. For a more recent piece by Kyemba, check out http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publi....
Feb 04, 2019Tirtha Acharya rated it it was amazing
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