Slow Poison is Mamdani’s firsthand report of the tragic unraveling of his country’s struggle for decolonialization. A witness to East Africa’s endlessly intricate power plays, Mamdani casts a learned and wary eye on Amin; the radical scholar Museveni; and the global heavyweights who exploited Uganda before and after its independence.

Professor Mamdani was joined by panelists Manan Ahmed, Rosalind C. Morris, and Howard W. French.