Comments on: Terrific New York Times video of Last King of Scotland premiere in Uganda http://www.saidia.org/2007/02/23/terrific-new-york-times-video-of-last-king-of-scotland-premiere-in-uganda/ Yes, Tobias Eigen blogs. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Liz http://www.saidia.org/2007/02/23/terrific-new-york-times-video-of-last-king-of-scotland-premiere-in-uganda/#comment-7 Liz Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:36:02 +0000 http://www.saidia.org/2007/02/23/terrific-new-york-times-video-of-last-king-of-scotland-premiere-in-uganda/#comment-7 Forest Whitaker did in fact win the Oscar, which is very cool. Forest Whitaker did in fact win the Oscar, which is very cool.

]]> By: tobiaseigen http://www.saidia.org/2007/02/23/terrific-new-york-times-video-of-last-king-of-scotland-premiere-in-uganda/#comment-9 tobiaseigen Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:49:54 +0000 http://www.saidia.org/2007/02/23/terrific-new-york-times-video-of-last-king-of-scotland-premiere-in-uganda/#comment-9 Hi Liz! YES! I was really glad to hear about the Oscar on the radio this morning. The Oscars is such a "jamboree" but still I was very moved to hear Whitaker's acceptance speech, which they played on NPR this morning. Oh: and thanks for pointing out this NYT video in the first place and making sure I wasn't compeletely clueless about this intersection of my Africa interests and American mainstream events. ;-) It does seem Africa is a very hot topic in American media these days, and not just in the usual "starving children" sort of way. Having Idi Amin and Ugandan recent history feature so prominently in the American Oscar awards ceremony, of all places, is just amazing. This development is intriguing and I'm sure will have effects worth observing... Cheers, Tobias Hi Liz!

YES! I was really glad to hear about the Oscar on the radio this morning. The Oscars is such a “jamboree” but still I was very moved to hear Whitaker’s acceptance speech, which they played on NPR this morning.

Oh: and thanks for pointing out this NYT video in the first place and making sure I wasn’t compeletely clueless about this intersection of my Africa interests and American mainstream events. ;-)

It does seem Africa is a very hot topic in American media these days, and not just in the usual “starving children” sort of way. Having Idi Amin and Ugandan recent history feature so prominently in the American Oscar awards ceremony, of all places, is just amazing. This development is intriguing and I’m sure will have effects worth observing…

Cheers,

Tobias

]]> By: tobiaseigen http://www.saidia.org/2007/02/23/terrific-new-york-times-video-of-last-king-of-scotland-premiere-in-uganda/#comment-12 tobiaseigen Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:28:28 +0000 http://www.saidia.org/2007/02/23/terrific-new-york-times-video-of-last-king-of-scotland-premiere-in-uganda/#comment-12 Ethan Zuckerman blogs about the fim here: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1240 Ethan Zuckerman blogs about the fim here: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1240

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