| Eviction from the Chagos Islands: Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers Contributor(s): Evers, Sandra (Editor), Kooy, Marry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004202609 ISBN-13: 9789004202603 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $115.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 969.7 |
| LCCN: 2011007059 |
| Series: African History |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.10 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |