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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Blog Post: International Response to the Expulsion

International Response to the Expulsion by Olivia Musselwhite On August 4th, 1972, General Idi Amin announced the expulsion of the South Asian community in Uganda. Reactions immediately... More

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Blog Post: The Expulsion of the South Asian Community in Uganda

The Expulsion of the South Asian Community in Uganda by Olivia Musselwhite On October 9, 1962, Uganda celebrated its independence. Political independence was achieved through the... More

Friday, July 15, 2022

Blog Post: Before the Expulsion

Before the Expulsion: The History of the South Asian Community in Uganda by Olivia Musselwhite In August of 1972, General Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Uganda’s South Asian population. In accounts told by members of the... More

Thursday, November 25, 2021

#GivingTuesday – November 30, 2021

Tuesday, November 30th is Giving Tuesday, a day to consider charitable giving. For Giving Tuesday, consider contributing to the Ugandan Asian Archive fund to help support the Beyond Resettlement conference and the... More

Friday, October 1, 2021

Call for Papers – Deadline Extended

The deadline has been extended to submit a paper to the conference Beyond Resettlement: Exploring the History of the Ugandan Asian Community in Exile. The conference will explore the historical context of the expulsion,... More

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Call for Papers: Beyond Resettlement Conference

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Asians from Uganda the conference Beyond Resettlement: Exploring the History of the Ugandan Asian Community in Exile will explore the historical context of the... More

Monday, February 1, 2021

Virtual Interviews: Ugandan Asian Oral History Project

In 1972, President and Military General of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered for the expulsion of all Ugandans of South Asian descent.  They were given just 90 days to leave the country. The... More

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

New Page: The Fakirani Family – The Story of Struggle, Hardships, and a New Life

See our new feature page on the Fakirani Family and read about Hassanali and Sakinabai Fakirani's journey from Uganda to... More

Monday, July 8, 2019

“Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign”

Check out this article on the Smithsonian.com on the new exhibition The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin: Photographs From the Uganda... More

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Tina Athaide: Orange for the Sunsets

Author Tina Athaide has recently published a new book called Orange for the Sunsets which is inspired by the Ugandan Asian crisis. From Quill and Quire: "Athaide does a wonderful job bringing the mounting tension, stark racial... More

Monday, May 8, 2017

Calgary: Ugandan Asian Archives Road Show, May 2017

The Carleton University Library hosted its fourth Ugandan Asian Archives road show in Calgary on Saturday, May 6th at the BMO Centre, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Grounds. The event... More

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Carleton University Honoured for Ugandan Asian Archive Portrait Series

By Elizabeth Murphy, Carleton Newsroom Tragically, it is not an unfamiliar story – refugees forced to flee a dire situation in their homeland for safety in Canada. Beginning in... More

Friday, September 30, 2016

Carleton University Library celebrates the unveiling of the Jean and George Randall Family Study Room

On September 29, 2016, the Randall, Carrasco, and Noronha families and Carleton staff gathered at the Carleton University Library for a... More

Friday, September 23, 2016

Carleton University Honoured for Ugandan Asian Archives

On Sept. 22, 2016 Carleton University President Roseann O’Reilly Runte accepted a Canadian Premier International Education Award (CPIEA) in the School category which... More

Friday, February 12, 2016

Toronto: The Ugandan Asian Archives Roadshow, January 2016

by Shezan Muhammedi On January 23rd 2016, over 200 people attended the “Ugandan Asian Archives Road Show” hosted by Carleton University at the S. Walter Stewart Library in Toronto.... More

Monday, June 30, 2014

Carleton thanks the Fakirani Family for its donation to the archives

"In 1972, Hassanali and Sakinabai Fakirani along with 60,000 other Ugandan Asians were forced from their homes by Uganda’s dictator Idi Amin. Hassanali, Sakinabai and 6,000... More