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Ugandan Asians

Uganda Asians forced to leave the country tell Witness of their traumatic exodus.

Uganda Asians forced to leave the country tell Witness of their traumatic exodus. Speakers, including writer Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, speak of being stripped of their wealth, and of struggling to come to terms with life in exile far from home.

(Photo: Ugandan Asians arriving in Britain in 1972)
(Credit: BBC)

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Thu 5 Aug 201022:50GMT
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