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1 online resource |
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"In Memoirs of a Muhindi, Mansoor Ladha bears witness to what happens when nations turn against entire religious and ethnic groups. When Ugandan president Idi Amin expelled Africans of Indian descent from the country in 1972, he unleashed an intolerance that set off an exodus from the entire region. In Tanzania and Kenya, businesses were nationalized, properties taken, people harassed, and livelihoods upended. Mansoor Ladha, who was living in Nairobi at the time, had to decide whether to stay or go. Canada became his new home--where he found considerable success, as did the rest of the Ismaili community--while East Africa never recovered from its fit of bigotry. A newspaper columnist and award-winning journalist, Mansoor Ladha is the author of A Portrait in Pluralism: Aga Khan's Shia Ismaili Muslims. He lives in Calgary, Alberta."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Colonial Africa -- Lindi -- Feud and Revolution -- A Student in Dar -- Changing Times -- Independence -- National Service or National Servitude? -- Life as a Journalist -- All in th eFamily -- Aftermath of Amin's Order -- "Canadian Experience" -- India -- Fifty Years after Nyerere -- Return to Africa -- Diaspora Lament -- Postscript. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Ladha, Mansoor.
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Journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
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Journalists. |
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Canada. |
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Biographies.
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Muslims -- Canada -- Biography.
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Muslims. |
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Immigrants -- Canada -- Biography.
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Immigrants. |
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Persecution -- Africa, East.
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Persecution. |
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Africa, East. |
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Africa, East -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Africa, East -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Memoirs of a muhindi.: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2017. (CaOONL)20179002457 |
| ISBN |
9780889774759 (electronic book) |
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0889774757 (electronic book) |
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9780889774766 (electronic book) |
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0889774765 (electronic book) |
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9780889774742 |
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0889774749 |
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