# Documentary recounts Uganda’s 1972 expulsion of its Asian community

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tv-tonight-idi-amins-forced-expulsion-of-asians-from-uganda/
- Published: 2026-10-26T06:15:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T06:32:17+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/26/tv-tonight-idi-amins-forced-expulsion-of-asians-from-uganda
- Topics: Asia, Culture, Entertainment, Horror, TV, World

## Key points

- Amin gave Uganda’s Asian population 90 days to leave in 1972.
- Survivors recall curfews, threats and violence.
- A two-part documentary shares childhood testimonies of the expulsion.

## Summary

A documentary revisits Idi Amin’s 1972 order forcing Uganda’s Asian population to leave the country, giving them 90 days to do so. People who experienced the expulsion as children describe its lasting impact, making the programme a record of displacement and the threats and violence families faced.

The programme is a two-part BBC Two documentary airing at 9pm. It recounts how Uganda, then home to about 80,000 Asians, saw curfews, radio countdowns, street violence, abuse and massacres during the expulsion, which came 18 months after Amin took power.

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