Nostalgia As Asians Expelled by Idi Amin Return to Uganda

 About 80,000 South Asians had to leave Uganda within 90 days following president Idi Amin's directive. They were expelled from the country in 1972 for "economic exploitation and disloyalty" to his presidency.

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Back home. Some of the Asians who returned home upon arrival at Entebbe Airport.

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