Eviction from the Chagos Islands - Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers

This book represents the first joint effort to document the historical background of the eviction (late 1960s, early 1970s) of the Chagosssians from the Chagos archipelago when the main island became an US-military base. It documents their eviction, resettlement, livelihoods, legal struggles and future aspirations.

About the author

Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Ph.D., is associate professor and senior researcher at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU University Amsterdam. She acts as convener of an international working group on the anthropology of children: www.anthropologyofchildren.net and directs a research project on foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Africa and Madagascar.

Marry Kooy is a freelance journalist who holds a Masters degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from VU University Amsterdam. She is reading for her second Masters degree, in Christian Studies of Science and Society, at the Department of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sandra Evers (Editor), Marry Kooy (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2011
• EAN: 9789004202603
• ISBN: 978-90-04-20260-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: African History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education