Forty years have passed since Idi Amin, the violent dictator of Uganda, expelled the Asian community from the country. Asians were, he said, “bloodsuckers” who “milked the economy” and refused to integrate. Many Asian families had been settled in Uganda for more than 100 years and had made a home and a life there. They...

Saima Mir has so many cousins she’s actually lost count. Sitting on the edge of a sofa in her south London home, she thinks about it for five minutes, attempting a mental tally before she gives up. “Let’s just say that if there’s a wedding, there’ll be at least 80 first cousins there,” she laughs....