From Kampala to Leicester: The story of a community (1972-2012)
‘From Kampala to Leicester’ exhibition has now been housed as a permanent exhibition at Newarke Houses Museum, a social history museum in Leicester. We are proud to say that this is the first permanent Asian history exhibition in Leicester. It is also an inclusive exhibition, as it forms part of The Story of Leicester.
To download a PDF of the Travelling Exhibition, click here: kampala_to_leicester_travelling_exhibition.pdf
The link below explains in detail the history of Ugandan Asian arriving in Leicester and their contribution to the city:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/were-all-in-this-together-how-leicester-became-a-model-of-multiculturalism-even-if-that-was-never-the-plan-8732691.html
Beyond Resettlement Conference
November 14-16, 2022
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
Format: In-person with online streaming option
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Asians from Uganda the conference Beyond Resettlement: Exploring the History of the Ugandan Asian Community in Exile will explore the historical context of the expulsion, Canada’s response and reception, the larger diaspora of Ugandan Asian refugees, and the lived experiences of the community over the past 50 years. The conference aims yield several lessons on pathways to integration, memory, and identity.
The conference will take place at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario in November 2022 and will include an online streaming option for presentations. The conference will also feature a series of workshops including a global cafe on intergenerational identities and belonging in Canada, screenings of documentaries on Ugandan Asian refugees, and a literary panel with refugee novelists.
Registration will begin in September 2022. Please visit our website for updates: https://carleton.ca/uganda-collection/beyond-resettlement/
Kampala to Canada, Ugandan Asian Resettlement, 50 years – Art Exhibition
Runs Monday October 24th, 2pm – Thursday October 27th, 8pm
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver BC
A partnership between the Ugandan Asian Resettlement Committee and the Roundhouse Arts & Recreation Centre.
Opening Reception: 6:45pm – 8pm, Tuesday October 25th, 2022
Watch: 90 Days by Salim Rahemtulla
90 DAYS – Expelled from Uganda, one family’s story of the exodus fifty years on.
Directed by Melissa Oei
50 years later: From Uganda to Canada, the exile that changed the course of a country (CBC)
Frontline World: Rough Cut
Uganda: The Return
Asians back in Africa
On 6th November, the Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board (ITREB) U.K., as part of its Heritage Series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian expulsion, held a virtual panel discussion with 5 leading Ismailis from a range of experiences providing their reflections on this event. A recording of the session is available for viewing:
Voices of a missing generation of Khojas moving to the West as a result of Amin’s expulsion of 1972. |
| The From East to West project, following on from the 50th Anniversary of the 1972 Ugandan Asian expulsion, has captured the voices of a missing generation which was asked to make a major sacrifice in order to help their larger extended families to settle in the Western World. In a program of approximately one-hour, contemporary commentator on the African Indian diaspora Dr Mohamed Keshavjee manages to capture the voices of three individuals who played a leading role in their respective fields. Senator Mobina Jaffer, the first female senator of South Asian descent in Canada, Professor Iqbal Asaria specialist on Islamic finance and its connection to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, and Dr Amir Gulamhusein, professor at Leicester Medical University and Professor of Anatomy at the Medical College of the Aga Khan University in Pakistan, relate their recollections of the day Idi Amin passed his infamous diktat and the role they had to play in helping their parents resettle members of their family in different parts of the world. Fiyaz Mughal founder of the From East to West project and founder of Faith Matters, an inter-faith non-for-profit organization, highlights that one key characteristic of the Ugandan Asian resettlement process was resilience, the ability to embrace their newfound homes with courage and determination. Dr Keshavjee mentions that given the oral nature of the Asian diasporic culture many issues associated with sudden expulsions are never really captured as parents do not wish to burden their children with the pain of the past. However, history has to be captured from below and this endeavour is an excellent opportunity to do so. Max Russel, Social Researcher for the project, mentioned to Khojawiki that this rich discussion will form an integral part of the education materials that will be used in the United Kingdom. He welcomed Khojawiki’s ongoing endeavours to capture the history of the Khojas who today are found in many parts of the Indian Ocean littoral as well as countries of the Western world. The discussion was premiered on Youtube on Saturday the 15th of April at 6pm (GMT+1)Click here to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loSaA7eQePk |
