Character Quote by Forest Whitaker

Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing things that…

— Forest Whitaker

As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And…

— Forest Whitaker

I think the place fed me completely. Not only was I in Uganda, but I was around many people who had a personal relationship…

— Forest Whitaker

Most people in Uganda have something good to say about Amin - 'He was funny; he gave us pride to be African.'

— Kevin Macdonald

I grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, and I lived there for 30 years. That shapes one's character.

— Paul Kagame

It is very unlikely that Uganda will face a chaotic scenario similar to that in Syria or other places. Incidentally, doctors, scientists, engineers and…

— Yoweri Museveni

“I hadn't realized what a transformation had taken place while I had been in Uganda, the spiritual richness I had experienced in material poverty…

— Katie J. Davis

My father is an Indian Ugandan. That's why I was born in Uganda. I've always been proud to be Ugandan, and I've always known…

— Zohran Mamdani

While WHO has never had a director from Africa, no one should elect me because I am from Africa.

— Tedros Adhanom

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I…

— Barkhad Abdi

I left Zimbabwe when I was 16.

— Dereck Chisora