![]() And yet the expulsion of Ugandan Asians, as well as its impact on Canada and its immigration system, remains a story largely untold. ![]() In many ways, my parents’ story is representative of the Canadian story – one of flight, and of finding a new home. He gave my parents and every other Ugandan Asian a mere 90 days to leave the country. Asians had first arrived and settled in Uganda at the beginning of the 20th century, and he vowed to reclaim the country’s economy for Black Ugandans. ![]() My parents were among as many as 80,000 Ugandan Asians who were expelled by Mr. For me, the trip was about reconnecting with my roots. It becomes part of you and transforms you. One doesn’t “get over” an experience like that. It’s a term that has always struck me as somewhat trite, anyway. This trip was never about “closure.” Not for my mother. In some ways, I felt that by going to Uganda I was about to confront the thief responsible for my family’s trauma. My father had also long wanted to make the trip, but he passed away in 2015. Yet I never could have anticipated the torrent of emotion I experienced as my mother, my sister and I prepared for the journey to my mother’s hometown in Nabusanke, Uganda, this past July – a return I’ve wanted to document for the past decade. įifty years ago, my mother and father were forced from the only home they’d ever known by a ruthless dictator who robbed their families of virtually everything they ever had. His mother’s journey is the subject of the new documentary Expelled: My Roots in Uganda. Omar Sachedina is chief news anchor and senior editor of CTV National News. ![]()
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