Eviction from the Chagos Islands : displacement and struggle for identity against two world powers / / edited by Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Marry Kooy.

• TeilnehmendeR: Evers, Sandra.; Kooy, Marry.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Collins, Robert O., 1933- African history ; v. 1.; African History 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: 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 /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283161435; 9786613161437; 9004204415
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Marry Kooy.

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.