It will be impossible for them to settle somewhere else as a family because they have different passports and rights of access to different countries. They also fear they will lose each other. Yet if they leave they will lose the family business - a source not just of income but of pride. Uganda is their home but if they stay they will be rounded up and killed. To Stay Is To Dieīut Amin’s decree puts them in an impossible position. They live on Kololo Hill, the city’s most desirable suburb, and enjoy the friendship of many other successful Asian business people. Their dukan (a general store) is doing well. Newly weds Pran and Asha Pran’s mother Jaya and younger brother Vijay have until now enjoyed a comfortable life in Kampala. They can take little with them - all their property and their money will henceforth belong to the government. A night time curfew is in force and soldiers patrol the streets of the Ugandan capital, Kampala.įear turns to panic when Amin issues a decree expelling all Ugandan Asians within ninety days. Rumours abound of bodies dumped in rivers. The book begins in 1972 when Idi Amin is tightening his grip on power, eliminating anyone who dares to criticise his regime. One of the most notorious events in recent African history is given a human face in Neema Shah’s debut novel Kololo Hill.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |