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.
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