When Asians were forced to leave Kenya

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Many South Asians migrated to Kenya in the early 20th century. They lived in a society divided by race and experienced discrimination from the white rulers, and after Independence, from black Kenyans too. Saleem Sheikh’s parents fled South Asia for Kenya to escape the violence of partition. His family joined a thriving Asian community there. But, they were forced to leave in 1967 after a rise in violence against the Asian population. This programme contains descriptions of racial discrimination. (Photograph of Saleem Sheikh (bottom right) with his brothers and sisters in Nairobi, Kenya in the 1960s)

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0:59.4	All this week we're marking 50 years
1:01.4	since thousands of Asians were forced out of East Africa.
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1:07.1	but many migrated to Kenya too.
1:09.4	Today I'm taking you back to Nairobi in 1962
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