Yasmin Merani
In 1972, Yasmin Merani was working at the Diamond Jubilee Trust in Kampala, Uganda when Idi Amin issued his expulsion decree stating that all people of Asian descent must leave the country. Under the looming expulsion deadline, Yasmin married her partner Anil at a ceremony shortly before they departed the country separately.
Yasmin recalls her memories from the expulsion period, and her experience arriving first in Montreal and then in Vancouver, looking to reunite with her husband. Yasmin shares her first experiences working in Vancouver, and stories about her early life in Canada raising her two daughters.
This interview was conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia by researcher Yasmin B. Jamal.