Following the announcement by Idi Amin, what passport you held became paramount and determined where in the world you would end up. Najma Dawoodbhai shares her family’s experiences of navigating from one embassy to another. They finally found refuge in Pakistan.

“My biggest lesson is that we need to take each day as it comes because you don’t know what’s going to happen with your health or your wealth. You can have it one day; it can be gone tomorrow”.

Music: Imagine by John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band

This episode was first released in April 2022