Why former Uganda dictator Idi Amin expelled thousands of Ugandan Asians - BBC News
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2022
- It is 50 years since Uganda's former-dictator Idi Amin expelled thousands of members of the Asian community from the country, after accusing them of disloyalty.
They were given just three months to leave, or face being placed in concentration camps.
About 27,000 people left their homes for the UK, many of them were British passport holders.
Those settling in Leicester, England, have become part of the fabric of the city.
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My dad was a kid in Leicester and told me of the first time he saw an man wearing a turban. Shocked, he remembered turning to his father and asking if the man was a pirate, like in his children's books. My grandfather, a second world war serviceman, told him to treat the new arrivals with respect, and that he had served with many Indians in the war, that they were the same people as him and my father and should be welcomed.
You had a great upbringing.
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“And that they were the same people as me” well the sentiment is nice but the science contradicts you immensely 🤷🏻♂️
@@SpitfireMLG Not immensely. Two chimpanzees in the same family are more genetically distinct from each other than humans from different races. We only split off from each other a few thousand years ago there isn't much difference between people across the world.
Yes should be welcomed but not mass immigration shocking people suffer because of stupid governments shocking
Because the British placed them in Uganda as a pawn to create conflict with the Ugandas. British Empire relied on usually creating a loyal minority, giving them economic and political power so that the natives can become minoritized and powerless in an ethnic and racial hierarchy. It was how the British Empire maintained its power by playing ethnic, tribal, and racial chess and hence why the Western Imperial nations relied on ethnic sectarianism to maintain power during decolonization wars in the Cold War.
Wow! You said it much better than myself.
I thought the reason was a filthy dictator who wanted to steal their money and wealth. I wonder how much the locals benefited from this robbery?
Rubbish. The Indians were willing to do the hard work. Plus many were highly educated in Indian and British schools.
@@nineteen8026 So Africans whose entire ethos over eons relies on a core emphasis on hard work simply became lazy when the Brits and the Asians landed on their shores? Your point on education hits home and is valid but the former reeks of racism.
@@nineteen8026 Bull S! they were notorious for doing scams ripping off poor helpless Africans, One Asian told me that if an African person opened a Bakery the Indians would open one in the same village/town and deliberately sell the same bread at a much lower price forcing the native person out of business, no wonder they were glad see the back of them! The same thing will happen again in the UK one day just give it enough time.
I use to work with a guy who came to the west midlands from Uganda, such a nice guy! but I never asked him why he was thrown out, every day is a school day!
The expulsion of Indians from Uganda by Idi Amin had a severe impact on the country's economy, with a decline in GDP by over 40% in the years following the expulsion. The loss of skilled workers and entrepreneurs led to a decline in production and economic output, and foreign investment also decreased due to political instability and uncertainty. The economic shock caused by their departure had a long-lasting impact on Uganda's economy.
The ugandans had become slaves to the slaves, just like the burmese to the indian muslims, as one burmese indipendence leader said "slaves to the slaves" After indpendence most indians were expelled and of course it lead to economic downfall, because indians had been the british tool for indirect rule with a large role in the economy.
Or the hutus to the tutsi in rwanda.
Blah blah ...indians
@Rajnasya Beggars cope first
@Rajnasya You people don't know anything other than going around the world with your bowl
@@mariaw9983 Ay watch your tongue, don’t say something you’ll regret
That is not absolutely true, Amin asked the asian community, many holding both uk and Ugandan citizenship living in Uganda to keep their money and wealth in Uganda and not in uk and Swiss banks. The asian community exploited Uganda by making all their wealth using Ugandan resources and the money was banked in uk and Swiss banks fir themselves which didn't benefit the economy of Uganda. Amin gave an ultimatums to the asian community to become Ugandan and bring their money back to Uganda from uk and Swiss banks and help develop Uganda if they wanted to stay in Uganda and use Ugandan resources or leave Uganda for good within 3 weeks.
Most asian community chose to leave and they played heavily on the victim card so that uk and the rest if world would give them asylum.
The asian community wanted the the best of both world, ie become rich with Ugandan resources but not put back for the progress of Uganda and its people.
Why didn't the asian community accept to give up their dual uk citizenship, bring back their money and stay back in Uganda as Ugandan and help build the country.
I know for a fact that asian industrialists including Madubani family damaged and broke the machines of their factories before leaving Uganda so that they could not be used by Ugandan people. They also used to treat the indigenous Ugandans as salaves or something close to that.
There are many sides to a story, true journalism comes from honest investigations and non-biased reporting.
I agree with you 💯.
They can't talk about that fact mate.
Iddi Amin did a great job and as a ugandan ,,kampala and major towns are now filled and amnahed by our citizens but in the 70s towns were only for Asian population and some few govt officials,,good schoolsamd hospitals were also administered by asian population
Would you trust your money in African banks run by African Army generals?
Uganda failed under him, and Uganda had to beg for the Asians to come back.
" Amin asked the asian community, many holding both uk and Ugandan citizenship living in Uganda to keep their money and wealth in Uganda and not in uk and Swiss banks" Like himself and needed that money to replace what he had stolen :-)
Unfortunately as Ugandans that was Abad lesson to learn, now the current dictator who is in power 36yrs is expelling us the native Ugandans, but seems we aren't welcome anywhere.
That is because we are not hard working and disciplined
Hong Kong people welcomed in UK by Boris - look forward to seeing the great new businesses they will set up.
Because the British placed them in Uganda as a pawn to create conflict with the Ugandas. British Empire relied on usually creating a loyal minority, giving them economic and political power so that the natives can become minoritized and powerless in an ethnic and racial hierarchy. It was how the British Empire maintained its power by playing ethnic, tribal, and racial chess and hence why the Western Imperial nations relied on ethnic sectarianism to maintain power during decolonization wars in the Cold War.
@Baka Henry,
You will be fine as long as you stay in your country. Imposing yourselves on other countries is a definite “No”. No country deserves to be burdened by other countries’ problems.
@@nineteen8026 LOL which businesses....Hong Kongers are a pawn used by the UK in their geopolitical conflict with China. Hong Kong is very sensative to China and the UK is aware of this.
Africa for Africans. India for Indians
Africa for Africans; UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA for Indians
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Loved that film
Pritti Petal was one of these REFUGEES!!!!!! Please never let her forget that 🤡😂😉
That doesn't mean Britain should take in millions of refugees- Unsustainable....
Rishi Shunak parents too.
@@MOCHI-ek6rc no he's parents were immigrants from Kenya.
Not a refugee they held double citizenship.
Because he wanted Uganda to be self independently economically some Asian countries has become a real problem to Africa they can't leave it alone, but when african go to Asia its a problem 😔😪
I agree
Reverse racism much?
Yeah they said to us your african ugly and don’t know nothing and even try to kill us. Idi amin removed them and didn’t kill them
Right you are.
You should see what they did to once clean safe and beautiful neighbourhoods in Canada.
The elephant in the room is that South Asians have and had, a strongly racist culture which caused friction with the Ugandan natives. You cannot be a guest in someone's home and treat them poorly.
What religion were they?
Do people believe that was a factor in any discrimination in Uganda?
Stop your ignorance. Those are facts @@noelsalisbury7448
Facts..! All groups of people have this...!..
Hindus @@noelsalisbury7448
@@noelsalisbury7448 They comprised all the religions to be found in the Indian subcontinent: Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and I expect a few Jains.
Idi Amin gave love and devotion to Uganda. One of the greatest leaders in African history.
I understand his point of view tbh
Like how forbes burnham give love to guyana 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤬🤬🤬🤬🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
"Idi Amin ... was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history."
on any other continent on earth and he would be considered one of the most evil leaders ever but in Africa he isn't considered that bad lol.
He was very racist
The Mira Nair film "Mississippi Masala" includes the expulsion of an Indian family that settled in the U.S., with the father continually petitioning the Ugandan government to compensate them for the loss of their home and property. The Ugandans left behind were deeply affected as well. It was a devastating change to move away from their homes and I'm grateful BBC has posted this story about the people.
I've seen that movie
People have their own homeland for a reason nobody told Europeans to take upon themselves to give away other people's homelands to another people.
I don’t know that movie, but I’m guessing Denzel Washington is in it.
And he falls in love with an Indian girl.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 Yes, and he's very handsome while doing so.
I was born in the same south asian community with some relatives in Uganda who were also kicked out, except i was born in Tanzania much later than this event. While the whole thing was an ordeal, i honestly think it was a long term net positive for the asian community. They were able to move somewhere where they officially had human rights and could only be harassed by fringe groups that werent politically supported. Had they stayed in Uganda, things could have gone alot worse. Not everyone went to the UK, some went to other parts of the world including where i live in Canada. All the asian exiles i know in Canada are prosperous and have happy lives - They rebuilt with even more determination.
You kinda look like someone I used to know named Mayank. He was born in Tanzania around 1981/2. Anyway, what were you told about why you had to leave?
@M J...No such thing as Asian community in Uganda. They where colonial subjects and where used as pawns by The British people. Do you even know your own history as so called South Asian from Africa ? Many South Asians where took over the racist mindset because they where put in a buffer class position over Uganda. Would South Asians be happy in India or Pakistan or Bangladesh if Ugandans or any other African group was placed before them controlling large part of the commerical output....? NO. Knowing Indians they are very rebelious people if things dont go their way look at the Hindus vs Muslim that just one part. To me it seems you South Asians implictly where content with status quo in Uganda thinking people wouldnt notice.
Being stuck in Africa not good - too much jealousy there. UK, Canada etc better for Indians.
Interesting;why didn't you return to (your) native Asia.🤔🤦♂️
@@veusterviala9135 Their home was uganda because the british forced them to go there and moving back to india would be the same as moving to canada because they had no real connection to india in terms of their U
upbringing and memories
The Indians brought this on themselves. When the white man left, the Indian took over and kept up the discriminatory behaviour. They were not interested in working with the natives. Looking back Amin made the right decision. In case you were wondering, today we have a vibrant Indian community in Uganda.
After the Indians left, they were begged to come back by Ugandans when the economy failed since the average Ugandan had 0 knowledge about industry.
@@Tsug2803 begged to come back by Ugandans? No. Kaguta brought them because he was being sponsored by some of them during his guerrilla wars and he had to fulfill his promise when he came to power but no one begged them to come
@@Tsug2803 0 knowledge about industry? Hahaha 🤣, western propaganda. Yes "sanctions" came in and so forth, but we still survived. Don't come to a place and expect to treat natives as second class citizens and expect no retaliation. If it wasn't for him, we would have been bottom feeders in our own country
@@Tsug2803 have you wondered why DRC expelled UN "peacekeepers" from India of recent? You are still being used by Britain to distabilize Africa
Rod M. Strange how foreigners in Uganda never mixed with the local Ugandans. The British kept themselves to themselves, weren't known to marry the locals but stayed aloof all the time they ruled over Uganda. I'm sure the Indians, like the British rulers profited much from Uganda and the Ugandans.
This should happen more in many African countries. I have seen a rise of migrant from failing states migrating to African countries. Especially Lebanese migrant escaping their collapsing country and flying into west African countries. There have been many incidents of Lebanese, Chinese and Indian restaurants banning Africans from entering their restaurants. These restaurants are inside Africa but Africans aren’t allowed to eat. Africans better wake the fuck up. Can an African migrate to India, China and Lebanon to open an African only restaurants?? We all know the answer to that. Before an African can even open a business in these countries, they might as well die.
Thats a bit stupid yes they can and they have
I agree
There has been an African community living in India for 400 years. 4 centuries. So shut up.
We are fifth generation in Africa. We fought the apartheid system. We fought slavery. We fought racism during the apartheid error and we now fighting Blk racism.
Do not talk crap. Proudly African of Indian decent.
Your comments makes no difference. We will fight your bullshit and still stand proud.
Hey honestly you will welcomed in India
You will be tourist attraction lol
Just believe me ! Just come with some big Money to market yourself cuz African restaurant in India i never ever heard in my life ! So surely you will succeed bcz of rarity complex !
Is it true that they refused Ugandan citizenship and tried treating locals like untouchables? I heard many Ugandans claim that.
Yes they did and Asians are racist
It is true. Indians are racist as hell
100% true!!! Please read Shiva Naipauls "North of South".
That's how they still behave even Kenya
they still act that way in Africa but when I came to Australia i noticed the indians here bark about racism lol.
The Indians had British passports and Amin questioned their loyalty, he told them it's either our way or the highway and they chose the latter only for the West to blame Amin. Some who complied remained behind but you'll never see it in the news. Another thing it's the responsibility of the British empire to take care of their former slaves and not Amin.
Exactly. Now they want to return to Uganda after realising their own mistake. Africans will be fools to allow them in again.
Amin's a moron he drained the brain from the country, no one left knew how to operate the businesses, and then he gave all top positions to his generals. Then the country fell into civil unrest, and he got overthrown.
Right you are.
That's funny
@@islammokhtar2926 what’s funny?
Excellent video doing an in-depth discussion about why Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda - NOT.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 which in depth? Only one sided reporting. Asians treat black Africans as animals. Even in India black Indians are in the lower category. Amin was clear. Change rationality from British to Ugandans or vacate. Can you imagine people running your economy when they have foreign passports.
Because he was racist.
And there's any political leader of substance then, that wasn't. Depending on which end of the stick colonialism was still doing.
Are you aware, it was in 1972, dumbo?
@@ciprianiulian6575 and Asians aren't?!?
@@ciprianiulian6575 no he kicked out racists and the racists went to experience racism themselves 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Black racism right there. No two ways about it. Yet ofcourse black people can't be racist we all know that ! 🙃
Exactlyyyyy they can’t be racist can they 🤣🤣
Play the victim card as always 🤣🤣
So your just going to pretend jim crow laws in America never happened
The Indians in Uganda were racist to the native africans, that's why they got kicked out. Indians in Africa live completely separate lives from Africans in every way possible. They don't mix with Africans. Their children go to different private expensive schools compared to public schools for Africans. Indians have separate clubs & social halls. An African cannot attend an Indian wedding etc. It's like apartheid society. No interaction of any social nature.
I think kenya should do the same.
How can a Asian person who has British passport became "Ugandan Asian"? they should be called British Asian.
Or better still, taken back to India where their ancestors was taken from.
@@JamesSmith-qs4hx then what are they ?
Asian is not a nation state to which they belong.
@@JamesSmith-qs4hx African American is also funny
But tbf in my country we call our chinese descent citizen with Chindo (Chinese Indonesian)
Maybe the term Asian British make more sense - instead of British Asian (that would be British descent living in Asia)
(Ethnicity + Region)
American of african descent@@fajarkurniawan9434
By "Asians", you mean Indians. He's was right when he said they were "milking the economy of Uganda". Even today, millions of Indian expats around the world send billions of dollars back to India in remittances every year. He wanted to stop Ugandan money from bleeding out to another country. Also, he didn't want to let his country to turn into Mauritius, another African country which is now 60% Indian (or like Canada and the UK will be in a year or two).
Quick question... Do they not earn that money? Also what did Uganda achieve from doing this?
80 million people
1 million asians.
Take over is imposssible.
The filthy dictator was so wise so the economy of Uganda flourished after he stole their money.
@@zSilverWingz the Ugandans were not in charge a tinpot dictator with a dubious educational profile kicked them out for his own personal reasons .
_”Or like canada and UK will be in a year or two”_
This is some literal clown shit
At least they weren't killed, they were kicked out peacefully.
Kicked out yeah peacefully though nah.
On behalf of Leicester, I'd like to thank Idi Amin for bringing talent and capital to Leicester.
SEND THEM BACK !!!!
Agreed. Look at what's happened. It's great. Even the Racists love a curry, and a cheap taxi. They'd be lost without Asian influences.
To be fair most of them are from ignorant deprived homes and just green with envy that they ain't just given what Asians earned.
@@bbh2088 bit late for that.
They are the biggest earners in the city with most tax contributions.
You should consider what you bring to our wonderful society
It was Uganda UK deal with migrants being deported to the UK just like the deal did with Rwanda
@@KavishTanna I would like to thank Idi Amin for making sure a pontential problem was dismissed before it could become a cancer to society. With the many racist South Asians in Uganada utalizing former British colonial ideaologies and disrespecting people in their own homeland. Imagine Ugandans doing that in India the same Indians would make a whole fuss about it and deep down you know this.
Idi Amin was way ahead of his time. How I wish other African leaders can learn from him and do the same to the Chinese who are taking over our land.
"Idi Amin ... was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history."
@@JohnnyAngel8 America & the west are the most brutal dictatorship & despots in the world.
He was never ahead of his time. He was a tyrant
@@jennie4734 British colonial system was the tyrant. Idi Amin was an African freedom fighter.
Indians need to sue Britain for screwing them over. They took Indians to Africa & dumped them there.
He was very racist
Let's play who wants to be a 2nd class citizen in their own country.
U talk badly about Amin but as a ugandan.. he’s the best we have ever had..
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Though is it that he was good, or that he was just better than the others?
Blkman
A bit like Iraq, the Iraqi people are now crying over Saddam
That's why Uganda will always be Uganda lol
@@mayankdewli1010 and that’s why the American empire is toppling I hope you westerners enjoyed the run while it lasted.
As an Indian, I want to appreciate the UK for taking in the refugees from dastardly Idi Amin's pogroms. Yes, there are always going to be racists, but the East African Asian community has went on to be successful, so successful in fact that the current British PM is a descendant of one of them.
Indian people are successful...I agree..but they don't like to work together or share knowledge with black people...they have the cast sytem mind from India.
Is that why India and the rest of South Asia is a dump? If Indians are so successful, India wouldn't be a backwater shit hole
@fredrikr6280 any profe or realistic event to support this ...
India stand eith africa in g20 addition.. it questions why Africa is not in un council ...
It provide cheap medicine to africa ... Still you are saying this ... Nice
@@icarus387 it is rising actually... Our economy is in rise and within 10-15 years we will be in a way better state...
He knew the Asians were administration of the colonial powers who were put into influential roles by the British, and were not sharing the learning and opportunities for the indigenous, if the Asians living in that time were more inclusive in Ugandan people, I'm sure they would of not got kicked out
And the Asians that got kicked out from Uganda got free housing from British government, eventhough Gold packages were still being sent to the new settlers of Leicester, so in fact it was a win win for them
no
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@@nelie.
I'm Indian and I know what the elders told me from Leicester regarding free housing and that people that were still left in Uganda were sending gold in envelopes to UK over a period of time, so free housing and 1000s pounds worth of Gold being sent to a huge number of people
Obviously not everyone
wow.. so did you develop after expelling them
Might sound harsh but black Africans simply don't have the necessary acumen to conduct business. Zimbabwe is a prime example of that failure.
By the way, it was only Indians in Uganda (not other South Asians).
Indians, pakistani
@@shivammore9502 no only Indian not Pakistani you pathetic Hindu look at yourself smelly indians
Not a dictator but our hero here in Africa 🌍
No wonder why africa is dark,, people find a dictator as hero
I’m curious to know where did they get the money or loans from to set up those business’? Who funded them, that they were so prosperous in such a short amount of time? Anyone have any input?
was forcing the natives to pay them money until the filthy dictator stopped them and took all the money
Working 15 hours per day - saved up deposits for a shop or other business. Plus made sure kids went to University. Simple formula.
It was by design not to put the economy in the hands of native Africans. That would mean real independence. Upto now the British still controlling African economies by proxy.
Use your head.... you, (if you grew up in english cities) , have seen the greengrocers and paper shops and spend age og Asians from the 50's 60''s and 70's worked all day, kept their more or less hopeless shops open 15/16 hours a day to bring in the pennies, which they saved. Worked in the most soulless factories and in manufacturing... etc etc... Of coarse if you are not English as described your ignorance explains your question.
@@bgoodorhell4u No. More like go back to India and make it Great again. Parasite.
The man was NOT. A dictator. He was a legend. A true Pan-African. A hero.
Huh? 😂😂
pan african . whole africa meesed up in tribalism 😂😂😂
So why were there so many Indians in Uganda?
Uganda was a part of the queen's realm and as a subject you could move around the empire freely.
@@aurockscastillo5460 I’ll have to look it up. But are you saying that anyone from anywhere in the empire could go to any other location in the empire at the time? That seems like a good perk.
@@UnDark1 no..the british bought lots of indians to british East Africa particular present day Uganda and kenya ..they worked as labourers in building the railway from the coast to uganda ..but after the construction was done many stayed and settled in Uganda
@@marc8485 it's like a 100 level dude send a 50 level dude in a 10 level dudes counrty haha 😂
They should been sent out of Uganda, especially if they were being racist against Ugandans (Africans) in their own country
Nobody was racist against ugandans lol..
Idi Amin wants south Asians brownies to fuck black African woman and mix with them indians refused and he was mad against them...
@@ALIMUSLIYAR1921the ugandans had become slaves to the slaves. The extent of racism was unbelievable
Why did they come to Uganda. They should have stayed in India. Uganda for Ugandans
In colonial times the British had plans to build a railway that would connect all the three East African countries but they didn't have skilled man power within so they brought in the Indian workers termed ad "Indian Coolies" to do this job.After the railway was completed many settled and never went back home.So that is how Indians multiplied in Uganda
Actually they were slaves and cheap labour...
Nice of Idi to give them a choice.
"Idi Amin ... was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history."
@@JohnnyAngel8 yep & he also had a song written about him. Idi was a hero to his people but turns out, he's just as corrupt & genocidal as Western politicians.
Thank God for Amin
He did 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌
Glory to idi amin and the great dr Khalid Abdul Muhammad for saving africans 💪💪💪
Actually the Indian population were not willing to relinquish their British citizenship and passports after Ugandan independence and become officially Ugandan. He stated that if they would not become Ugandan then they could not stay. They chose to remain under British imperialism. Horrid but it wasn’t as simple as a random act. It was about a newly founded nationalism and patriotism in Uganda.
Indian didn’t want their daughters to be a second wife a a low iq Bilal raisin head
Quite a point
Idi is a murderer and fool on the scale of the former colonizers.
So glad that they didn't give up their British passports. It served them well in the end.
That report, like many others doesn't mention that there are thousands more that assimilated into the Ugandan population in the East, and Lugazi and as of now, are a recognized tribe in the country.
Keep playing them neo colonialistic anglings.
I'm a Ugandan but Iddi Amin regime was horrible but now foreigners are treated fairly even the richest business man in Uganda is surdir from India but got Ugandan citizenship
Thank you for speaking up about Idi Amin. He was a brutal military dictator who became president through a coup. Many people went missing during his presidency, especially political opponents.
@@JohnnyAngel8 true
Because of iddi Amin, Uganda dodged the Indian bullet.
They weren't Ugandans they were british citizens who came to serve british interests in conoly they were never citizens of uganda.
Indians also discriminate against Africans in African countries.
hmm i don't know how i feel about this. The British used the Indians as a tool to further their colonisation efforts. This is demonstrated by the amount of times Indian troops in the British empire were used to quell uprising with a few British officers. I'm not surprised Idi Amin expelled them. How are you going to let foreigners dominate you in your own nation that you fought for to gain its sovereignty. This clip plays it off as if amin was evil and the Indians were not. Its a rather simplistic and juvenile interpretation of the events that took place. Amin definitely loved his country and wished to preserve it. He gave them 3 months to leave when in reality he could've rounded them up and executed them.
The British used Africans as a tool of colonialism as well. In fact Amin was one of those very same troops that you speak of. His affinity for all things Scottish came from his time serving in the King's African rifles. If I were you I'd get educated about this before spewing this stuff in public
Absolutely….people love a simple narrative because they don’t want to use their brains much.
The Anglo-Norman-Globlists used everyone and still do right in front of you... They even put a majority of Muslim Cypriot Turks in positions of authority in Cyprus to the annoyance of the Greek Christian Cypriots and also in Myanmar (Burma) the Indians accepted administration posts to run the country and run businesses there, they weren't made to, Burma population lost out big time in their own country because they wouldn't accept the British Anglo-Norman-Globlists Empire agenda.. India could have easily push the British Raj out if they had wanted to.
@@chelseafan4eva I didn’t say they didn’t. The difference is Amin was in his own lands and his territories. He didn’t ask the Indians to come. In my house I can expel and invite anyone I wish for it’s my house. They have the entire Indian sub continent it’s not like they don’t have a nation or lands of their own. Not to mention how Indians look down upon Africans yet live in their lands. look at what Gandhi said about the Africans for goodness sake. I say he was wise to expel them when he did who knows eventually Uganda might have been ruled by the Indians. We all know what happens when a minority attempt to dominate a majority just look at Rwanda.
@@chelseafan4eva I suggest u educate yourself, I can say what I like what happens to free speech and all that. If you don’t like it don’t engage with it. I didn’t ask for your opinion.
Two who left years before this were Priti Patel's parents ... she learnt nothing from this
Why would she want to import Sub Saharan Africans and their culture into Britain after being expelled from their land?
The amount of South Asian hate by fellow Africans in this comment section is appalling. South Asians in Africa have always proven to be some of the best contributers to society whilst also sharing the same past as a lot of us who where oppressed by the British. Shame on you.
Respectfully speaking, Asians living in Africa (not all) have ignorant views towards Africans. Amin was right to a certain extent but, I could never condone what he did.
You can’tcome to somebody’s country and treat others like second class citizens.
the british installed themselvss as first class citizens, indians seconds and lastly the owners of the country
@@stanthemafia He was a brutal dictator, but now China is taking control of African mining companies.
@@lr84p38 what has the got to do with Asians coming to my continent and treating the indigenous people
Like second class citizens?
@@stanthemafia They are stealing materials, but if you don’t care, neither do I.
Make of it what you may but this was quite a noble act by Idi Amin.
He was very racist
Much peace to all immigrants and refugees especially women and children
As a Ugandan am sorry to hear that they were discriminated against when they got to the UK. But they were actually doing the same against black Ugandans. Actually there's a full song by am musician called Ssebadduka about how Indians treated Ugandans .
@@hello2moto No they don't. Thats why i sympathised with them for facing discrimination. I was only hinting about the fact that they were champions of discrimination in Uganda before they were expelled. I also pointed out a song by "Christopher Ssebadduka" which narrated how Indians treated the black Ugandans
But you are not sorry that they discriminated against the black Ugandans.
@@hello2moto yes it does
But in the end the Indians from Ugandas prospered in Britain, while Uganda fell into ruin.
@@bandit4true Its them to be sorry that they discriminated against us. Why should i be sorry if when i was the victim?
Given how Amin turned out, being pushed out was a blessing
The greatest thing Idi Amin ever did.
Africa for Africans ❤
So why african moving out? Like yourself?
@@NorthernReaper *So why are Africans moving out.
For the same reason Indians migrate all over the world.
@@NorthernReapergood one. Nice said. They r black from outside n inside also. So shameful act
This should happen again in all African Nation right now
So Africa can return back to the stone age? Africans never learn.
Don't worry everyone has already left your shithole
Exactly get the fck out and circle together
and please kick Africans out of Europe and Asia
And vice versa to Blax in rest of the world
British empire thrived on playing races, tribes and culture against each other and they gets all the minerals, land and other resources. That's why Indians were placed there , Britain knew there was Indian but they send them to Uganda
Don’t forget the blood drinking of their enemies and yearly tributes of Gold and slaves.
XVI century,,to XVIII,,,british colonialism in north America,,,used contaminated blankets with smallpox virus distributed to exterminate Native Indians,,Sioux tribe,,Apache tribe,,Mohican tribe,,Black foot tribe,,,
@@icosium1icosium957 Actually the US did that and paid 50 cents per scalp to prove that an Indian was killed, The British did not directly kill off that many Indians. They usually bought off the Indian tribes to fight against each other to gain territory.
Yeah they did the same with having Desis be there overseers within East Asia too although to be fair East Asia was racist towards Desis And Western Euros way before West Euro Colonialism yeah.
Congo needs a leader like Amin in its current now that Chinese are controlling all sectors in the East of CONGO
😂😂😂😂😂 worry of loosing the grip aferica n sending , Scary campaine...
Shame on u ....west
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Listen, Man United might not thank me but get the contract out, put it on the table. Let him sign it, let him write whatever numbers he wants to put on there, given what he's done since he's come in. TEN HAG'S (Ole 4.0) at the wheel, man. He's doing it. He's doing his thing. MAN UNITED ARE BACK!!!!
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Idi Amin did what was needed. Why should Indians belong in Uganda?
Would all the Africans then leave England too ? 😆
@@dtmt502 I am just saying every country in the world should retain its ethnic identity. Uganda has done. But the UK been overtaken by softies, throwing away their ethnic identity, which takes many hundreds or even thousands of years to develop.
And yes, if the UK decides all foreigners should leave, Africans will indeed leave.
@@aabbb5688 Uganda was still predominantly African before they ended up losing many years in development and lives trying to use an ethnic minority as a scapegoat
Shame and a lot of the medicines and vaccines that you Ugandans take are manufactured by Indians.
@@dtmt502 haha trust me the LARGE majority of Africans would to return in a heartbeat we only here due to the dirty politricks done by uk france usa and western govs putting wicked violent puppet at the helm of our African nations to serve their vampire interests. these same governments are responsible for overthrowing and demonizing true leaders like idi amin who want the good and the best interest of the people of the land.
While Gaza is bombed we talking Idi Amin. Censor by omission. Western style media, particular to the bbc.
You mean while Israel responds to attacks from Gaza. It's clear why Israel started this operation, right after Hamas strike on Civilians
idi amin was a moslem and he perscuted christians and even kidnapped israelis.
you happy?
@@petromir364 while some stole their entire country (europeans). And put its original people in the largest concentration camp the world has ever known... meanwhile 2 faced people think Russia is bad.
@Nemusis 999 Do not use eastern religion, food etc too. Go bk to Thor.
In the Subject of Uganda, the British occupied these lands and the peoples; asians, africans and europeans bore the consequences. As a asian i can see Idi Amins actions may to him seemed like a remedy. He was wrong, but he is still my brother. Too many lies wete told about him.
Why were they living in Uganda? Where were they from originally if they are Asian?
India or britain
@@Abstract.Noir414 the British aren't Asian. So sad for these people to go thru this.
@tdp73 I didn't say they were I said the Indians are either from India or by way of England
they got brought as slaves by brits from india
Stop stealing from other nations. Talking about racist, you don't know racism.
Truth needs to be told
IDI AMIN WAS A WISE MAN - Just Look to South Africa now
Did you mean the Country of South Africa itself or the Southern half of Africa ?
@@noelsalisbury7448 Indians in South Africa
It's peculiar that not one second of this video address the question in the title - why did Amin expel them.
On behalf of Afrikan Continent this decision was correct and will be correct even in the future.. Long live Dada
Cringe simping for a brutal dictator
@@jesuschrist3165 Jesus is a head of gay movement
Bcoz of this the country faced economic problems so how is it a good thing
Uganda will be poor forever
Interesting video on Lester ! Thanks !
My great grandparents my grandad and uncles came from Uganda Kampala from 1972
It’s a right decision from the view point of his country and countrymen.
Rishi Sunak is a grandson of Indians who arrived in the UK.
His father was a GP and his mother a Pharmacist.
They are among the many Ugandan Asians who have made immense contributions and continue to do so.
i laff at that , he should of put a ////// in their /////, and priti patel
Contribution in corruption
@@hungerrepublicofindia3266
This is the UK and not corruption-ridden India
@@hungerrepublicofindia3266 can see what side of the caste system they are
@Job Chithalan...Oke and ? Ugandan Asians didnt help Uganda they helped themself to enrich themself and at the same time took over the racist colonial mentality the British had at the time to the Ugandans. They where already made a merchent middle class so its not hard to build yourself up abroad with already having certain recources.
Idi Amin was a genius. A credit to mankind. Adored by his countrymen. A beacon of righteousness. A thinker and a philosopher. When the time came, HE RAN.
OUR GENERATION CAN NOT BUY THAT NONSENSE THAT AMIN WAS A DICTATOR🤔 AMINI JUST LOVED HIS COUNTY 100% ACCORDING TO WAT ATRUE DICTATOR IS DOING NOW.
WE STILL LOVE AMIN WAT HE DID WAS VERY RIGHT ✅️ 👏💪
A bit like Iraq, the Iraqi people are now crying over Saddam
@@spidyman8853 are they though? Hating the current government does not equate to liking the previous government
@@spidyman8853 I pity the people who admire Saddam Hussein and Idi Admin, the literal embodiments of human evil
"Idi Amin ... was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history."
@@JohnnyAngel8 we can't blame you coz yo ignorant
Priti Patel was one of the people deported to the UK! Uganda just resettled this migrants to the UK just like the UK did with Rwanda
Priti Patel’s family fled before the deportation. They were economic migrants.
Priti is from Witham! Essex girl 😉
The difference is they had british citizenship passports. And were economically stable
Amin had the interest of his people at heart and May He Rest in Peace.
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He was Muslim he is enjoying his 72 zombie 🧟♀️ virgins and 80,000 pearly eyed boys in hell with his kiddie fiddling prophet
@@sidemanshorts3532 fuck him and what have his people done since lol
He was a killer.
But look what happened 🤣 Uganda failed and never recovered again
Idi Amin was simply combating institutional racism, which is when other minorities succeed over Africans.
What ???
Is that why the country fell into bankruptcy and institutional mismanagement and went into a beggared state, with surging hyperinflation, a 45% drop in tax collection and a monumental decrease in economic output?
He wouldn’t reply as it’s outright racist
But it’s ok as only black people suffer in his world 😵💫
@@benaffleckisanokayactor mate the country was poor and shitty before and continued to be poor and shitty, uganda wouldn't be living like China in the 2020s if indians stayed, you know that lol
@@John-rr9nqHe did the rig he thing you just can’t acknowledge it.
because uganda wasn't their country but Ugandans county and he was right and ugandans must pray for him
Yusuf is stupid
Indians in the UK are now the most envied diaspora, Ugandans are still poor.
True but why did he not also kick out Ashkenazi Jews And Western Europeans that were also not Sub Saharan Africans?
I wonder if they'll mention grooming gangs...
Why would they talk about grooming gangs here?
what are grooming gangs?
@Macavity Those who support or condone the horrible/heinous/barbarous/unjust sex offender registry is a moron, scaremonger, savage & Nazi
He also filled up a river with bodies. I went to college with a student who's parents disappeared during this time.
Yes, he was a brutal military dictator. Many political opponents went "missing".
Like the British colonial empire never filled up rivers with bodies 🤷🏿♂️.
@@JohnnyAngel8 ya I think u heard it from someone ,,Amin never did such crup but he only killed Israel netanyahouz elder brother and servedhis body to Nile crocodiles
The British killed more of them if it was the British they would throw those Asians into the sea to drown.
These British Asian Ugandan treated native Ugandan people as second class citizen that was a problem behind all of this.
Because they were, if we're not being politically correct.
@@jasonMB999 No one wanted thieves in their countries,I wish it happened in all African countries.your the worst people that ever happened in African countries
@@jasonMB999
How can one be a second class citizen in one's own country. You are a 1st class 1diot.
To u he was a dictator but to us Ugandans he was a hero Who love his country more than this idiote man museven
museveni is not an idiot but hes certainly not at all smart
It depend on how u c it but to me thats how I c him to be
Rest in power Iddi Amin
Rest in power, RACIST ibi amin
then you go crying BLM
@@br4402You think we Africans care for that scam movement. We’re not exactly too fund of black Americans either.
These people would have created another apartheid thank you Idi AMIN.
They where expelled because they àlmost bankrupted ugandà
After Indians left, Uganda failed as an economy and never recovered.
@@Tsug2803 There were no Indians there to begin with.
Most of them were illegals.
@@Tsug2803 Wherever Indians are economies collapse. 😂
Take a look at UK unemployed Sikh and Hindu community competing with Muslims on unemployment 😂
Now the head of unemployed Indians wants to be PM
Remember, your economy is not even 20% that of China
@@petromir364 India’s economy is still bigger than all of Africa’s 54 countries 🤣🤣🤣🤣 first fix the shithole that is Africa then speak to us
@@petromir364 Indians are the richest ethnic group in east Africa, UAE, US and U.K. it’s a fact
Idi Amin, our hero! We love him more now!
He wasn't a dictator but rather a hero get ur facts right.
Uganda's gdp per capita 😂
That was the most beautiful things happen today
He was a bad man for the West not for Africans he was a great man and Africans are proud of him may har sold continue to rest in peace
The continent of Africa was never a stranger to colonization or colonialism. Those two acts have been committed by both non-White people and White people before & after 15th century Africa.
Because the British placed them in Uganda as a pawn to create conflict with the Ugandas. British Empire relied on usually creating a loyal minority, giving them economic and political power so that the natives can become minoritized and powerless in an ethnic and racial hierarchy. It was how the British Empire maintained its power by playing ethnic, tribal, and racial chess and hence why the Western Imperial nations relied on ethnic sectarianism to maintain power during decolonization wars in the Cold War.
@@jacqueslee2592But before Western Euros and there South Asian pawns came to dominate Sub Saharan Africa the SSAs were having lots of troubles with North Africans And Middle Easterners yeah.
In Kenya the 5% of Hindus are responsible for the 95% of the GDP. Should the Hindus be blamed for not being indolents?
let them go and be hard working in their own land, why dont they go and succeed among equals ?
5%???? There are around 80tausend Hindu Citizens of Kenya and around 100TAUSEND non Hindu Citizens of 50Million People
@@cedriceric9730 For your information, the Hindu businessmen and women are very ,very good at their profession. You might not be aware that ancient India had the top economy in the world. Then came the invading rogues with swords and guns and brought the indigenous Indians and India on it's knees. It is common, even in today's world where a poor man with loose morals will enter a rich man's house in order to steal the riches. This poor man is lacking in wealth, morals and is envious. So in the past rich nations were looted. However, now you see that the Indian economy is on the rise, despite being robbed and pillaged.
😂😂😂Where'd you find that statistic.
@@rr-jp7kg You meant to write "entrepreneur"
This was among the great mistakes of the Dictatorial Idi Amin.Any one born at any given place should be a Citizen of that Place.
Unfortunately the expulsion of Asians was an extremely popular move for Idi Amin, probably the most popular moment of his deranged 7 year rule. Not only did the Asians, particularly the Indians, fail to assimilate, they were largely accused of discriminatory & derogatory treatment of Ugandans.
Having suffered 63 years of British class rule, it is no wonder Ugandans had little patience for this. They fell prey to Idi Amin's plans to paint them as the villains when the economy soured.
And even though our economy suffered the loss of many skilled workers, many Ugandans, even today, still celebrate the brutish Amin for this one act.
@John Babirukamu...South Asians would to the same of any group would be stacked above them in their own land. We can say what we want of Idi Amin but this was good decsion made by him. Ugandans belong to Ugandans and they where made to suffer while South Asians enjoyed. If South Asians would stand with Ugandans against the British Idi Amin would saw them as rightful citizens of Uganda.
In UK Indians have proved why they ran the Empire jointly with the British
I understand both sides in here. Black people globally were robbed of a stable ancestral home because of European human trafficker instability, but I also think if he cared about black people, Uganda would have better LGBT laws. If ur desperate enough to ban asians intentioned as racially, you have to be desperate enough to accept your own people in hiding 🏳️🌈
What a racist thing to say. Uganda is not the only country where South Asians live and work. They contribute in a net positive way in every single African country that they have made their home.
You can't be racist against others when your own black community gets discriminated in Europe and the Americas
@@truethat7681 uhh... yeah you can
The Asians expelled from Uganda were British subjects. They had British passports. To call them "Ugandan Asians" is falsehood. Asians have no ancestral roots in Africa. They were brought to Africa by the British colonial government. To put up a mausoleum commemorating there expulsion from Uganda as tho they were forced out of their native ancestral land is utter rubbish. The Asians should sue the British government for putting them into this predicament. They should ask for compensation from the British government not Uganda.
It is Indians, not asian. Correct yourself
Idi Amin IS a hero ❤. WE love him so much!
The Pearl of Africa👍👍
the uganda asians came the uk and did the same thing idi amin kicked them out for! they own everything
How did they own everything? What i find odd is that these asians never had respect for them
yh! how dare they work soo hard and prosper! they shouldve been lazy and incompetent and benefit reliant like you..
yh really hard work behind a till with your hand out all day!! @@vishv1814
Bow down to them prime minister of UK Indian London mayor Pakistan, Scotland minister Pakistani Muslim 😂😂😂😂 they really recolonize British people 😂😂😂
They offered nothing to Uganda. Sure, they had thriving businesses, but after decades, most still have strong Indian accents; a sign that they neither integrate nor embraced Ugandan culture. This is true still in many African countries today. As an American, I can say it’s certainly true in my country, especially with Indians. They are the highest earners, but do not integrate into American culture whatsoever.
They follow law or not of these country . If one does not want to go pub , party and have family culture then nothing wrong . Plz give me insight about American culture 😂😂
Inquiring mind wants to know, how is that they all had British passports , yet lived full time on african soil but indentified only as asian.
Most of the Indians were from Gujarat.
I think Europeans can learn a lot from Africans
So they need to expel whole races from the country?? Well then what's your alternate solution to non-Europeans who want to experience what's in Europe?
The whole world can learn from Africa, learn to do the opposite 😊
@@zurielsss Exactly--When you expel entire ethnic groups, the nation goes to shit
South Africa need to keep them out . Their drity people in heart