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  Racism and the truth about the Ugandan Asians Like all racists, we fantasised that Africans wanted our women. Rumour was that 'our' girls were being raped by black Ugandans Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Monday 05 August 2002   The Independent (UK It is exactly 30 years today that Doctor Idi Amin Dada, His Excellency, Life President of Uganda, life Field Marshal, Al Haj, Conqueror of the British Empire and the Last King of Scotland, stood in his pyjamas and announced to his army cronies that Allah had instructed him in a dream to expel all Asians from his country and to confiscate their homes and their businesses by 9 November 1972. If any Asians were seen in Uganda after that date, he warned: "I will make you feel as if you are sitting on fire. Your main interest has been to exploit the economy for years and now I say to you all – Go!". That famous laugh gurgled up darkly, and his big face beamed. Most Asians thought he was just rattling them. The UK government was unruffled...

 OLAF RIBEIRO: The Ribeiros of Kenya, a dynasty By Olaf Ribeiro My grandfather Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro MRCS. Born Goa Feb. 17, 1870. Died in Nairobi, Kenya, 1951. Interned in Cemetery in Nairobi. Margarita Lourenco . Born June 10, 1881, in Goa. Married Rosendo Ribeiro in 1908 in Nairobi, Kenya. Known for guitar playing. Died November 2, 1966. Interned in Cemetery in Nairobi next to her husband.             Marguerite Lourence Ribeiro           Dr Rosendo Ribeiro                                                            2-7-1870  2-2-1951 For his services, my grandfather was conferred an OBE by Britain in 1932 and the award of Commander Of The Order Of Benemerencia from the Portuguese government in 1947.   He discovered a cure for Malaria that he sold to ...