From Citizen to Refugee: Uganda Asians Come to Britain
Mamdani wrote this short account of his experiences as a member of the Asian community expelled from Uganda by...
In a gripping personal account of the Asians’ last days in Uganda following their expulsion by Idi Amin in 1972, this book interweaves an examination of the country’s colonial history with the subsequent evolution of postindependence politics. Expelled from Uganda and arriving in a cold and overcast London, Mahmood Mamdani shares his experiences in a camp run by the UK government’s resettlement board and explores the theme of political identity—the politicization of racial identity and its reproduction after independence. A telling and gripping story that will be familiar to refugees and those seeking asylum in Britain, this vivid autobiography is as pertinent today as...
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- ISBN: 9781906387570 / 0
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Rec by Moses Isegawa -- Uganda Asians come to Britain Mamdani wrote this short account of his experiences as a member of the Asian community expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972 shortly after arriving in the UK as, as he puts it, a refugee. He combines analysis of the history of colonialism and the structure of the classes which emerged with reminiscence of incidents that sketch out...
