10. By the 1950s, people of Indian descent in East Africa numbered 360,000. In East Africa, many had joined black Africans in the fight for the labour rights, and had set up newspapers agitating for greater representation. In Kenya Pranlal Sheth, Chanan Singh, Fitzval de Souza and Pio Gama Pinto were leaders in the journalistic campaign for independence.
11. In 1972, military dictator Idi Amin announced the expulsion of all persons of Asian origin in Uganda, then numbering about 60,000, and their property was expropriated. The majority of those expelled went to the UK, Canada and Kenya. 12. Some returned to Uganda after 1981 when Milton Obote returned to leadership of the country, but most after 1986 when Yoweri Museveni became president and welcomed them back. Though the law for their return was passed during Obote’s government, he didn’t have the political clout to action it, which Museveni had lots of. 15. The Indian connection with Mozambique dates back to at least the late 15th century; Vasco da Gama found some Indian traders when he landed on Mozambican shores in 1499. Soon after, Goa in India became a Portuguese colony, and Goans began to emigrate to Mozambique to serve as bureaucrats, soldiers or clergy. Today, the Indian diaspora in Mozambique is estimated at 20,000. Some were merchants, sailors and mercenaries, but the majority were slaves brought to India by Portuguese traders. The Siddi community is currently estimated at around 20,000–55,000 people, mainly in Karnataka, Gujarat and Hyderabad in India, and Makran and lower Sindh in Pakistan. Most are Muslim, but a few are Hindu or Catholics. *This article is published in collaboration with Mail & Guardian Africa <http://mgafrica.com/article/2015-06-19-15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-indians-in-africa/>. Publication does not imply endorsement of views by the World Economic Forum.* https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/06/15-facts-about-the-indian-diaspora-in-africa/ -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp
