Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman [in Booklist]
15 Oct, by in Adult Readers, African, Fiction, Indian African, Repost, South Asian, Translation
Forced expulsions have long been part of man’s history, motivated by politics, prejudice, geography, human-made disasters, and natural forces. Virtually unknown is the full-scale eviction of the Chagossians, a Creole-speaking native ethnic group with African and Asian ancestry, from Diego Garcia, the largest island in...