The exiled : the incredible story of the Asian exodus from Uganda to Britain in 1972
Fulford, Lucy2024
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When Ugandan President Idi Amin expelled the country's entire Asian population in 1972, more than 28,000 people from Britain's former colony arrived on airstrips around the country and began building new lives - but their incredible stories remained largely hidden. Fifty years later, first and second-generation testimony uncovers an under-explored period of history, touching on colonialism, immigration, identity and modern multiculturalism through the lens of individual experience. This title will be a narrative history with memoir elements, collating experiences of the exodus from Uganda and the global resettlement. Drawing on first-hand interviews and informed by Lucy's personal experience, the book uncovers untold stories of resilience and illuminates an essential chapter in British history, in which immigrants reshaped society.
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Author:
Fulford, Lucy, author
Imprint:
London : Coronet, 2024.
Collation:
384 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781399711210 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.00491406761941.004
Language:
English
Subject:
East Indians -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryEast Indians -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryEast Indians -- Relocation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryForced migration -- Uganda -- History -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- Ethnic relationsHistoryUnited Kingdom, Great BritainUgandaEuropean historyHistory of other landsMigration, immigration & emigration
BRN:
1474369
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