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Exodus of Asians from Uganda

In 1972 the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians had 90 days to leave Uganda.

Nurdin Dawood, a teacher with a young family, didn't at first believe that Amin was serious.

But soon he was desperately searching for a country to call home.

Photo: Idi Amin - Press Association

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