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Kishor Ladwa
Kishor Ladwa was interviewed for the 'Hidden Heritages in Cambridgeshire' project, and talks about the 1972 Ugandan expulsion order and settling in Peterborough
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Born in Masaka (Uganda), Kishor Ladwa was part a wider community from the subcontinent that settled in East Africa, before coming to the UK. Along with the entire South Asian community, he was expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972. He eventually made home in Peterborough (England). He is a keen and successful sportsperson, as well as the President of the Bharat Hindu Samaj (Hindu Community Centre) in Peterborough.
This interview was conducted as part of the 'Hidden Heritages in Cambridgeshire' project, led by Hadithi C.I.C and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, on 22 August 2022. Aarohini Ghosh conducted the interview, and the full collection of project interviews is available with Cambridgeshire Archives.
Listen to Kishor talking about how councillor Charles Swift helped fifty Ugandan South Asian families settle in Peterborough.
Interview conducted by Aarohini Ghosh
Initially when we came there was a councillor called Charles Swift, he was the main guy who insisted on welcoming the fifty Ugandan families to settle here [in Peterborough]. When he did that there was a lot of opposition: 'Immigrants are coming'…But he was so determined to help us and get everybody sorted, give us the accommodation, there was a lot of press, people demonstrating and also he had problem[s] at his home as well. He did help fifty Ugandan families to settle here.
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Courtesy of Hadithi C.I.C
