Mauritian author Shenaz Patel brings the story of the displaced Chagossian people to life with a keen journalist’s eye and fiery prose, gracefully translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman. Here, we’re honored to share with you her forceful afterword, which provides all of the history you need to understand their struggle and the “past that is not yet past.”
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