"In just a few months they had started a new life in a new country"
IFTY YEARS AGO, IN THE SUMMER OF 1972, ON the orders of Ugandan president Idi Amin, south Asians living in the country were given three months to leave. In an address on 5 August, Amin said, “I am going to ask Britain to take over responsibility for all Asians in Uganda who are holding British passports, because