Do you think it would have helped to diffuse tribalism and racism in Uganda and elsewhere in Africa, if the British colonialists had began a deliberate policy of encouraging British males to marry Ugandan women to create the mixed race, as it was the case in India? In India, the East India Company paid 15 silver rupees for each child born to an Indian mother and a European father, as family allowance.These children were amalgamated into the growing Anglo-Indian community, forming a defensive structure for the British expansionist policy elsewhere........ Article-366 of the Indian Constitution states: An Anglo-Indian means a person whose father or any of whose male ancestors in the male line is or was of European descent but who is domiciled within the territory of India and is or was born within such territory of parents habitually resident there-in and not established there for temporary purposes only. In 1830, the British Parliament described the Anglo-Indian as those who have been English educated, are entirely European in their habits and feelings, dress and language. Have you ever wondered why the Indians are dominating almost all the businesses in the UK compared to Blacks? They were dominating businesses in Uganda too before Idi Amin kicked them out in 1972. Was this a deliberate policy too? Remember,the British Empire once held absolute power in over 52 countries. About two-fifths of the world, and they were using Indians to run errands for them in most of these countries. Why couldnt they use our great grand parents in Africa and opted to go for Indians? Should we be encouraging inter-tribal- marriages to diffuse tribalism?
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 11:31:13 +0000
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