Name: From Citizen to Refugee
ISBN: 9781906387570

Mahmood Mamdani

Forty years after the 1972 expulsion of Asians from Uganda, this vivid account interweaves gripping personal stories with an examination of Uganda's colonial history, the evolution of post-independence politics and the politicisation of racial identity.

Uganda Asians Come to Britain

From Citizen to Refugee

An autobiographical account of General Idi Amin 1972 expulsion of Asians from Uganda. He explains the process of politicising of racial identity, class conflict that is confused for racial conflict that led to the expulsion of Asians and their subsequent emigration or rather deportation to uk and the nightmares in the refugee camps. A quote that stood out for me; “ it was in Kensington camp and not in Amins uganda, which was my first experience with what it is like to live in a totalitarian society”

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An autobiographical account of General Idi Amin 1972 expulsion of Asians from Uganda. He explains the process of politicising of racial identity, class conflict that is confused for racial conflict that led to the expulsion of Asians and their subsequent emigration or rather deportation to uk and the nightmares in the refugee camps. A quote that stood out for me; “ it was in Kensington camp and not in Amins uganda, which was my first experience with what it is like to live in a totalitarian society”

From Citizen to Refugee Uganda Asians Come to Britain

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