Rose Prince

When Idi Amin threatened to shoot the cook

Witold Szablowski describes an innocent chef’s narrow escape when the dictator’s greedy son showed signs of indigestion

Idi Amin eating roast chicken while watching a parade in 1978. Credit: getty Images 
issue 02 May 2020

  • How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks

    Witold Szablowski

    Penguin, pp. 272, £14

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