One of "Kirkus Reviews'" Best Books of 2009
The people of Uganda have long struggled to bury the worst of
their history, but after the violent reign of Idi Amin, reminders
were never far from view. In 2000, lawyer Duncan Laki came across a
clue to his father's 1972 disappearance, and the ensuing search
ultimately led him to a shallow grave -- and then to three old
soldiers, including Amin's military chief of staff. Laki's
discovery resulted in a trial that, in the end, offered all
Ugandans the reckoning they had long been denied. A detective
story, a tale of fathers and sons, and a political history, this is
above all an illumination of the wounded societies of modern Africa
and an exploration of how -- and whether -- the past can ever be
lain to rest.
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