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Author Sellström, Tor, author.

Title Africa in the Indian Ocean : islands in ebb and flow / by Tor Sellström
Published Boston : Brill, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series African social studies series ; v. 35
African social studies series ; v. 35.
Contents Introduction: from Zanj to Maersk -- Madagascar: old cultures, contemporary crises -- Comoros: legacies of monsoon trade and un-finished independence -- Reunion, Mauritius and Seychelles: Creole islands in development -- Mayotte and Chagos: colonialism continued
Summary Tor Sellström profiles the independent island states and the European dependencies in the African part of the Indian Ocean, their contemporary social, political and economic challenges, the wider international context and their relations with, in particular, Africa and the African Union
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
Economic history
Politics and government
Social conditions
SUBJECT Islands of the Indian Ocean -- History
Islands of the Indian Ocean -- Politics and government
Islands of the Indian Ocean -- Economic conditions
Islands of the Indian Ocean -- Social conditions
Islands of the Indian Ocean -- Foreign relations -- Africa
Africa -- Foreign relations -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
Subject Africa
Indian Ocean -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004292499
9004292497