(Photo: Christopher Wahl)
For Reza Satchu’s family, East Africa of the mid-1970s was a bad place to be. Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was exiling people of South Asian descent, and the same sentiment was taking hold in neighbouring countries as well. Particularly disliked were Ismailis, members of a Muslim sect known for their enterprising nature and relative wealth. So, after the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau opened Canada’s doors to 20,000 Ismaili immigrants, in 1976 a seven-year-old Satchu, his five-year-old brother and their parents moved to Toronto’s Guildwood neighbourhood, taking up residence in a one-bedroom apartment.
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