![]() ![]() 2022 by Neema Shah (Author) 402 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover £11.99 7 Used from £5.81 18 New from £10.29 Paperback £8.27 8 Used from £3.59 13 New from £7. ![]() Will they all make it to safety in Britain and will they be given refuge if they do?Īnd all the while, a terrible secret about the expulsion hangs over them,įrom the green hilltops of Kampala, to the terraced houses of London, Neema Shah’s extraordinarily moving debut explores what it means to leave your home behind, what it takes to start again, and the lengths some will go to protect their loved ones. Kololo Hill: Neema Shah Paperback 17 Feb. But violence is escalating in Kampala, and people are disappearing. It’s partly inspired by my own family background because my grandparents left India during World War 2 to start a new life. ![]() For his mother, Jaya, it means saying goodbye to the house that has been her home for decades. Kololo Hill is set in 1972 amid the real-life Ugandan Asian expulsion by President Idi Amin, the story focuses on recently-married Asha and her husband Pran, who are forced to leave everything behind except their secrets. They must take only what they can carry, give up their money and never return.įor Asha and Pran, married a matter of months, it means abandoning theįamily business that Pran has worked so hard to save. ![]() A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days. ![]()
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