Oral History Interview with Asha and Surendra Toprani
This interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 20/21. The interviewees are married and discussed their early lives in East Africa, their marriage, life in Uganda, their departure from Uganda as a result Idi Amin's expulsion of Asians from the country. They also discussed their settlement and early life in South Carolina - kids, home and work.
Photograph Of Asha and Rupa Toprani At Refugee Camp
Asha Toprani left Uganda in November 1972 with her new born daughter Rupa. They traveled to the UK without Surendra, Asha's husband and Rupa's father, because of bureaucratic restrictions that rendered him stateless, while Asha was a British subject. Upon their arrival to the UK, Asha and Rupa were sent to the Ugandan Resettlement Camp in Newberry UK.
