ABSTRACT The status of the Chagos Island remains a subject of struggle in international relations pitting the United Kingdom and, by extension, the U.S. against the indigenous people of the Chagos who were forcibly displaced and exiled in order to accommodate a U.S. military base involved in evil conflicts in the lands of the Orient. Mauritius joined this struggle on the basis that the islands were separated from Mauritius by the British on the eve of independence in 1968. The Chagosians have for decades insisted on their right to self-determination and their right to return to the land of their ancestors, taking their battles to the streets of London and international courts. In spite of the growing support for their cause around the world and although they have scored some victories in courts and at the United Nations, their dreams remain deferred as the U.K. and the U.S. refuse to act justly and fairly. This is a classic case of neocolonial continuities that haunt post-colonial Africa, rendering independence meaningless for injustice anywhere in Africa is injustice against the whole of Africa. This paper suggests that the use of a decolonial lens of analysis infused with African anti-colonial perspectives enables us to understand the fundamental problems facing the Chagosians and to think of more permanent solutions to this quagmire.

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后殖民地在印度洋地区是新殖民地：通过以非洲为中心的非殖民地理论视角观察的查戈斯案例

摘要查戈斯岛的地位仍然是英国与国际关系斗争的主题，进而扩大了美国对查戈斯土著人民的抵抗力，这些人被迫流离失所并被流放，以容纳涉及邪恶的美国军事基地。在东方的土地上发生冲突。毛里求斯参加这场斗争的依据是，1968年独立前夕，英国将这些岛屿与毛里求斯分开。查戈人几十年来一直坚持其自决权和返回祖先土地的权利，将战斗带到伦敦街头和国际法院。尽管全世界对他们事业的支持越来越多，尽管他们在法院和联合国取得了一些胜利，他们的梦想仍然被推迟，因为英美拒绝公正，公正地采取行动。这是新殖民主义连续性的典型案例，困扰着后殖民时期的非洲，使独立对于非洲任何地方的不公正毫无意义，对整个非洲都是不公正的。本文认为，使用非殖民主义的分析视角并注入非洲反殖民主义的观点，可以使我们了解查戈斯人面临的基本问题，并可以为解决这一难题提供更永久的解决方案。