# Idi Amin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin/55049>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin/55049 "2001-02-19T04:29:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin/55049/1 "2001-02-19T04:29:04Z")

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Two-parter: I know he’s still on the loose somewhere. Is there a bounty on his head for taking out 300K of his countrymen to the point where even the crocodiles wouldn’t eat the bodies floating in the Nile? And what was the meaning of the “Dada” which was attached to his name toward the end of his regime?

Thanks

Q

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**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin/55049/2 "2001-02-19T04:35:37Z")

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Idi, 70ish, is alive and well in Saudi Arabia in exile.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin/55049/3 "2001-02-19T05:41:47Z")

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I think Dada is just part of his name. His full name is Idi Amin Dada Oumee. I believe Amin is his surname, but I’m not up to date on the naming conventions of the Kakwa tribe.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idi-amin/55049/4 "2001-02-19T06:10:20Z")

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> And what was the meaning of the “Dada” which was attached to his name toward the end of his regime?

Fish.