Expulsion of Asians from Uganda Expulsion of Asians from Uganda In early August 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of his country's South Asian minority, giving them 90 days to leave the country. At the time of the expulsion, there were approximately 80,000 individuals of South Asian descent (mostly Gujaratis) in Uganda, of whom 23,000 had had their applications for citizenship both processed and accepted. Although the latter were ultimately exempted from the expulsion, many chose to leave voluntarily. The expulsion took place against a backdrop of Indophobia in Uganda, with Amin accusing a minority of the Asian population of disloyalty,
Who I Was Born to Be live audience of 58,000 in the Shanghai Grand Stadium for China's Got Talent viewed by a 560 million television audience. In recent years Boyle performed "Who I Was Born to Be" in an appearance at the end of the touring musical "I Dreamed a Dream" in the U.K. March-October 2012 and during her "Susan Boyle in Concert" tour of Scotland in July 2013. In August 2013 Boyle performed the song during the opening ceremonies of the 2013 Special Olympics held at the Royal Crescent in Bath. Full Lyrics of song Who I Was Born to Be "Who I Was Born