The "Jews of Africa": Comparative Analysis of Scapegoat Politics in Relation to Three Case Studies, Asian Ugandans, South African Indians, and the Jewish People of Europe.
In August 1972, the Ugandan dictator General Idi Amin Dada expelled the 70,000-strong Asian community from the country on charges of economic sabotage, corruption, and refusal to integrate with the majority. The accusations that Asian Ugandans faced at the time were reiterated almost half a century...
| Publicado en: | Critical Arts: A South-North Journal of Cultural & Media Studies Vol. 36; no. 5/6; pp. 74 - 96 |
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