ISBN:
978-90-04-20260-3
,
978-90-04-20441-6 /eBook
ISSN:
2211-1441
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 293 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
African History 1
Keywords:
Indischer Ozean Seychellen
;
Geschichte
;
Vertreibung
;
Flüchtling
;
Umsiedlung
;
Ethnie, Afrika
;
Kolonie, britisch
;
Beziehungen Indigenes Volk-Regierung
;
Biographie
;
Biographische Methode
;
Identität
;
Chagos-Archipel
;
Mauritius (Insel)
Abstract:
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:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 277 - 287; "This book was made possible by the 2008 concerence "The fate of the Chagossians since their eviction from the Chagos islands" organized by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU University, Amsterdam" (Acknowledgements); Enthält 20 Beiträge
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