Oral History Interview With Ashraf Ellison
This interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 20/21. The interviewee discussed her early life in Uganda, her experience of finding out about and living through Idi Amin's expulsion of Asians from Uganda, her departure from Uganda to the UK, her live in the refugee camp in UK, her move to Spartanburg, South Carolina to be with her husband, and her early years in South Carolina.
Ashraf Ellison Passport
Uganda refugees were not permitted to take much out of the country, so most of the materials that tell their stories are official documents, such as this passport. After independence of Uganda, Ashraf had the choice to obtain Ugandan citizenship or keep her British citizenship.