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Eviction from the Chagos Islands : displacement and struggle for identity against two world powers /
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 Oce...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | African history (Brill Academic Publishers) ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Eviction from the Chagos Islands; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Timeline; Acknowledgements; Redundancy on the Instalment Plan: Chagossians and the Right to be Called a People; From the Birth of the Ilois to the "Footprint of Freedom": A History of chagos and the Chagossians; Clement Siatous: Chagossian Artist in Exile; "Native Ilois of Chagos": Excerpts from the Narratives of Dussercle (1933-36); Atman Ramchalaon: Seeking the Facts; The Making of the Chagos Affair: Myths and Reality; Charlesia Alexis: The Struggle of the Chagossian Women.
- Sorrow, Sadness, and Impoverishment: The Lives of Chagossians in MauritiusBernadette Dugasse: Born in Diego Garcia December 1956 ; Chagossians Twice Forgotten: Exile in the Seychelles; Allen Vincatassin: Negotiating Life in Mauritius and the UK; Responsibility and Redress: The Chagossian Litigationin the English Courts; Olivier Bancoult: Leading the Way Back to Chagos; Self-Determination in the Post-Colonial era: Prospects for the Chagossians; Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate: Young Again in Diego; Cleaning for the Dead: The Chagossian Pilgrimageto their Homeland.
- Perspectives of a UK Member of Parliament: "Chagos, just Plain Injustice"A Lost People'? Chagossian onward Migration and Echoes of Marginalisation in Crawley; Reverend Mario Li Hing: Committed to the Chagossian Cause; Longing and Belonging in Real Time: How Chagossian Children in Mauritius Imagine the Chagos Islands; About the Authors; Bibliography; Index.