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Format: 1 online resource.

ISBN: 9789004204416

Series Statement: Brill eBook titles 2011

Content: 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.

Note: Preliminary Material / , 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 Mauritius / , Bernadette 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 /

Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004202603 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Additional Edition: ISBN 9004202609 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004204416 (electronic book)

Language: English

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Format: XIV, [2], 293 S. : , Ill., Kt.

ISBN: 978-90-04-20260-3 , 90-04-20260-9

Series Statement: African history 1

Note: Papers of the 2008 Conference "The Fate of the Chagossians Since Their Eviction from the Chagos Islands" at the Univ. of Amsterdam

Language: English

Subjects: History , Law

Keywords: Vertreibung ; Biografie ; Konferenzschrift

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Format: 1 online resource (311 p.)

ISBN: 1-283-16143-5 , 9786613161437 , 90-04-20441-5

Series Statement: African history ; v. 1

Content: 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.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Preliminary Material / , 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 Mauritius / , Bernadette 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 / , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 90-04-20260-9

Language: English