Escape from Uganda

Anwer Omar (centre) with friends Ramesh Prashar (left) and Mubarak Kisingo (right) after the Uganda [car] Rally, 1969. (Courtesy Anwer Omar)

In 1972, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians, regardless of their citizenship, had to pack up and leave the country - and he gave them only ninety days to get out. Thousands of those Asian Ugandans found refuge in Canada, including Anwer Omar. This year, nearly four decades later, Anwer and hundreds of other exiled Ugandans gather for a reunion picnic. Hear their stories on Escape from Uganda.

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Anwer Omar's first snow experience in Canada, December 1972. (Courtesy Anwer Omar) 

Natasha Fatah interviews Ugandan exiles at the reunion in Mississauga, Ontario this spring. (Courtesy Mark Ulster)

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