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Eviction from the Chagos Islands: Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers (African History)

By Sandra Evers , Marry Kooy

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2011
ISBN
9004202609, 9789004202603
LCC
DS349.9.C42 E95 2011
Google Books ID
WKD3tgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL24823231M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7677191 bytes)
Series
African History 1
Pages
312\312
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Азии и Африк

Description

This book examines the history and contemporary living conditions of Chagossians who were evicted from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean to make way for a strategic U.S. military base. Initially part of colonial Mauritius, Chagos was integrated into a new colony named the British Indian Ocean Territory in 1965. In 1966, Great Britain transferred control of Diego Garcia, the largest Chagos island, to the Americans under a fifty year lease. The expulsions which followed were designed to satisfy the U.S. demand for an unpopulated territory. The Chagossians were thus forced to resettle in Mauritius and the Seychelles, where livelihoods are poor and marginalized. The Chagossians are currently engaged in a campaign seeking right of return to the archipelago and recognition as a people forced to live in diaspora.

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