Inside Zohran Mamdani's lavish wedding at private Ugandan compound
The New York mayoral-hopeful is said to have hosted a party last weekend at his parents' property in the billionaire neighbourhood of Buziga Hill, outside of the capital city of Kampala.
Mr Mamdani, 33, told social media followers he and his wife, Rama Duwaji, 27, were heading to his home country to celebrate their recent nuptials with his family.
His parents' home, set on two acres of land, was guarded by masked security guards with phone-jamming signals set up to ensure complete privacy at the event, according to The Post.
The celebration lasted days, with partying late into the night, a source told The New York Post.
'I will be back'
Mr Mamdani, making light of racist trolls who told him to 'go back to Africa,' and poking fun at the media interested in his private life, posted on TikTok about the trip.
'Since you will undoubtedly read about this trip in The New York Post – Inshallah on the front page – here are a few of my humble suggestions for headlines,' he said, as Photoshopped front pages popped up on-screen.
The headlines read: ''M.I.A IN AFRICA', 'U-GANDA MISS ME', AND 'HE'S GONE KAMPALA-ETELY CRAZY.''
He added: 'I do want to apologise to the haters though, because I will be back.'
Mr Mamdani and Ms Duwaji, an artist and animator, married earlier this year after meeting on the dating app Hinge.
He stormed the New York mayoral primaries to become the Democratic nominee for the November race.
His socialist and anti-Israel policies have drawn criticism, and he has so-far failed to secure endorsements from top Democrats, including House majority leader Hakeem Jeffries, his counterpart in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
Last week, prominent Jewish Democrat Josh Shapiro accused Mr Mamdani of failing to address 'blatant anti-Semitism among some of his supporters.
'You have to speak and act with moral clarity, and when supporters of yours say things that are blatantly anti-Semitic, you can't leave room for that to just sit there,' the 52-year-old Democrat said of Mr Mamdani.
'You've got to condemn that,' the governor, who is Jewish, added.
A self-described anti-Zionist, Mr Mamdani is a vocal supporter of Palestine, who has been accused of inciting anti-Semitism by refusing to condemn the phrase 'globalise the intifada'.
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