Listen to Jameela's full story on her 49th anniversary of leaving Uganda, out on 1 November 2021.

Jaswant’s relationship with Uganda is bittersweet. In this episode, she speaks about the anguish and hurt caused by the expulsion. At the age of sixteen, she found herself ‘taking care’ of the extended family of 20 people as they left their very settled life in Uganda and arrived in cold and wet Britain. Over the years, she has made several trips to Uganda.

“I just love going back. I don’t know what keeps drawing me there.”

Music: Bolero by Ravel

This episode was first released in October 2021

Listen to Jaswant Jutley's story, out on 20 October 2021

In this episode, Amir Majothi speaks about his carefree life in Uganda and how everything turned upside down for his family when he was 19 years old.

In 2019, his daughter Noreen Nasim was inspired to write the story of her father after watching a BBC documentary.

In 2021, Noreen published the book, Expelled from Uganda. This episode is about their respective journeys and is in both Gujarati and English.

Music: Ajib Dastan Hai Yeh by Lata Mangeshkar

This episode was first released in October 2021

A father and daughter story. This episode goes live on 10 October 2021

Shehina Fazal,  now living on the island of Crete in Greece, speaks about what it means to be an immigrant.  

She shares her view of the podcast series, and her insights on migration/immigration, identities, and the impact of colonisation.

“We’re still living in the shadow of colonisation and the podcasts play a part in informing the public about that underbelly.”

Music: Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe by Sanam

This episode was first released in October 2021

Shehina Fazal speaks about being an immigrant and critiques the podcast series. This episode goes live on 1 October 2021

Sandra Anderson has a special relationship to Uganda. In this episode, she speaks about that connection.  

She also gives her views on migration and her impressions as a regular listener to this podcast.

“If we don’t want to deal with the misfortune of other people from their historical past, we should create a world of less misfortune.”

Music: Alone and Frightened by Philly Bongoley Lutaaya

This episode was first released in September 2021

Always an inspiration, Sandra's story goes live on 15 September 2021.

“This life is a journey, it’s beautiful… nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.”

In this episode, artist Said Adrus speaks about leaving Uganda and going to Switzerland.

Forty odd years later, he retraces his past in Kampala, capturing his experiences in a film called The Riddle of Bakuli.

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Music: Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana by Kishore Kumar

This episode was first released in August 2021