Unlikely encounter
Between 1966 and 1968 I was a post-graduate student in the psychology Dept. of Bristol University.
Also working there was Jim (I forget his surname), a negro post doctoral fellow from Washington State, USA.
I left the University and went to work at Kamuli College, in Namasagali, Busoga District, Uganda.
The school had about 400 students; Africans other than 3 0r 4 Gujarati immigrants.
I introduced British A Level English into the school. Rehana Minhas was one of my initial students.
Rehana was a good student.
In 1970 Idi Amin came to power in Uganda. In 1971 he expelled the the Asian immigrants from the country. Rehana was expelled.
In 1972 I left Uganda and in 1973 went to work as a civil servant in Scotland. I was sent on an induction course to Wakefield, Yorkshire.
One evening I went by myself to Bradford for an Indian meal.
The restaurant was full apart from a table where one man was sitting. It was Jim, the negro from Washington State I had known in Bristol. He was now working at Leeds University.
I had heard that Rehana Minhas, the Gujarati I had taught in Busoga District, Uganda, had secured a
place in Leeds University and mentioned her.
It transpired that she was Jim's flat mate's girl friend.
Date submitted:Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:41:48 +0000Coincidence ID:3302
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