Expulsion@50

Expulsion@50

By Dolar VasaniHistory
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Expulsion@50 episodes

  • Ep 15 - અમે ચિંતકો નથી, અમે લડવૈયા છીએ - We are not worriers, we are fighters

    સુમનબેન પૂર્વ આફ્રિકામાં તેના જીવન ઇંગ્લેન્ડમાં નવું જીવન બનાવવાની વાત કરે છે. “લોકો આજે આપણા કરતા વધારે તાણ અનુભવે છે. આપણું જીવન ખૂબ સરળ હતું "

    Sumanben speaks of her life in East Africa, the expulsion and making a new life in England.

    “People today experience much more stress/tension than we did. Our lives were much simpler.”

    This podcast is in Gujarati


    Music: He Mara Ghat Ma Birajta Shrinathji by Hemant Chauhan

    This episode was first released in August 2021


    30 min
  • Ep 14 - UK response to the Ugandan Asian refugees

    Historian Becky Taylor speaks about her work with minority and marginalised groups and the actions of the British government towards them.

    “We need to have more empathy for vulnerable strangers irrespective of their passport status…one day it might be us.”


    Music: Usual Happiness by Kroke 


    This episode was first released in August 2021

    22 min
  • Ep 13 - Hard work and perseverance

    Sam was only 13 years old when the Indians were expelled from Uganda. In this episode, he shares how his life changed after 1972.

    “The deterioration of the economy is what changed my life … poverty descended upon my family”.

    He also sheds light on the challenges of post independent African countries.


    Music: Idi Amin by Christopher Ssebadduka

    This episode was first released in August 2021

    23 min
  • Ep 12 - We are Canadian

    We hear Shezan’s motivation for doing a PhD on the resettlement, integration and identities of Ugandan Asian refugees in Canada.

    A structured question he asked was how people identify themselves.

    “Everyone described themselves as Canadian. Aside from the amount of time they had lived in the country, it was about Canadian values…”


    Music: Call to Arms by Angels and Airwaves


    First released in June 2021

    24 min
  • Ep 11 - Back to Masaka

    In this episode, Aliya travels to Masaka, the town where her parents lived in Uganda before the expulsion and their relocation to the UK. She speaks about the importance of filling in the gaps of history.

    “I wanted to know my parents’ story and where they came from…”


    Music: Masaka Kids Africana


    First released in June 2021

    18 min

About Expulsion@50

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Thank you for visiting Expulsion @50. This oral history project was created to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the expulsion of Asians by President Idi Amin from Uganda, back in 1972. Here you will find more than 50 full episodes and trailers. After each series, there is an episode reflecting on the emerging insights. Guests came from 11 countries. My youngest contributor was 14 and oldest 92 years. You can read my published articles here: www.dailymaverick.co.za/?dm_search=Dolar+Vasani