Ugandan British
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Ugandan British  |
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| Total population |
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Ugandan Born (2001): |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Greater London, Leicester, West Midlands, Greater Manchester |
| Languages |
| English (British English, Ugandan English), Luganda, Swahili and other languages of Uganda |
| Religions |
| Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Islam |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Black British, African migration to Britain, East African Asians |
Ugandan British is a term that is used in the UK to refer people who were born in Uganda or are of Ugandan descent.
It was only until 1962 when Uganda became its own country, immigration from what is now the modern nation to the UK was occuring for decades before, and still continues today. The main reason for the United Kingdom's large Ugandan born community (and the many tens of thousands more British born people of Ugandan descent) is that prior to 1962, Uganda was under British rule and was part of the British Empire. Uganda remains a Commonwealth realm and the English language has official status in the country to this day. In 1972 almost 60,000 Asian Ugandans were expelled from the country by President Idi Amin, [2] and it is likely that these refugees who came to the UK would have responded as Asian British in the 2001 UK census. The majority of the more recent Ugandan immigrants to the UK, and a large proportion of British born people of Ugandan descent are ethnically Sub-Saharan African (according to the 2002 Ugandan Census around 70% of the country's population belongs to an indigenous ethnic group), although as stated earlier, a lot of the people responding in the 2001 Census to a ugandan brith place are East African Asians.[3]
In 2001, including those of Ugandan descent, there could be in excess of 100,000 Ugandan Britons, with the overwhealming majority living in and around London, although 11,000 Asian Ugandans still live in Leicester.[4]
[edit] See also
- Black British
- British Mixed
- British African-Caribbean community
- African migration to Britain
- Demographics of Uganda
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census statistics of Ugandan born people
- ^ Asian Ugandan refugees in the UK
- ^ CIA World Fact Book - Ugandan ethnicity
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | Born Abroad | Other South & E Africa
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