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Why Asians came to Uganda

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The Secret Life of a Ganda Agent

jamie gavarne's grandparents moved from india to ganda in the 19th century. They worked as unpaid laborers on a railway project for Britain. Two and a half thousand of them died building the track, which was so dangerous it became known as the lunatic line. Around 30 laborers were killed in even more grisly circumstances by two lions called savo man eaters.

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