through policies. when idi amin became president in 1971, change came for everyone. some africans saw it as an opportunity to reverse that order. there were two sets of victims, each one going off in a different trajectory. asians have been - milking uganda s money. there isn t much literature around the expulsion and ugandan indian history, so i ve come to the uganda society library to see what i can find and how much i can find. i found idi amin s speech on the weekend of the 12th and 13th of august, in which he explains why he expelled asians ugandan asians and his opening paragraph reads, no country can tolerate the economy of a nation being so much in the hands of non citizens,
and ugandan indian history, so i ve come to the uganda society library to see what i can find and how much i can find. i found idi amin s speech on the weekend of the 12th and 13th of august, in which he explains why he expelled asians ugandan asians and his opening paragraph reads, no country can tolerate the economy of a nation being so much in the hands of non citizens, as is the case in uganda today. no government can tolerate foreigners like asians in uganda, sabotaging the economy of the country and engaging in numerous forms of corruption. it s as though he s playing on the insecurities of locals, of ugandans, who felt already that there were hostilities and tensions arising. already, the 15 british immigration staff in. the passport office look likely.
this is me. this is of our house injinja, and i forgot to tell you that one day all the elders had gone to see a film, and they had started shooting right at everybody s houses, you know, where we were staying, injinja, and we had to hide under the table. in august 1972, president idi amin said god came to him in a dream and told him to expel all asians from the country. their main interest has been to| exploit the economy of uganda. we feel bad, very badly shocked, like, you know, what we are going to do it. for the 80,000 strong population, his dream became a nightmare.
oh, my god. ..because they wanted the money the black ugandan population were often targeted by amin s soldiers, and human rights violations committed against them have been well documented. if you are inside the house, they come for you. - 0ne week, she was sleeping with a kid in the bush- at the age of one week the kid was one week. i police from jinja - came to look for her. oh, my god. it was really quite graphic and really heartbreaking to hear, and i think that s that s what we tend to miss a lot when we talk about the expulsion or the expulsion under idi amin, is the impact that it had on the local population. it was good to see that she s not in a bad situation at all. she s living in a good place, she s got nice house, she s got nice environment
it was really quite graphic and really heartbreaking to hear, and i think that s that s what we tend to miss a lot when we talk about the expulsion or the expulsion under idi amin, is the impact that it had on the local population. it was good to see that she s not in a bad situation at all. she s living in a good place, she s got nice house, she s got nice environment and everything, but it s sad to know what happened to her after we asians left. what the army had done to her and everything, it was sad to know that. 0k, kadija, bye bye. thank you very much. thank you, my dear. so nice to see you. our last stop is jinja where my family lived before