Rene and Postcolonial Seychelles

Rene and Postcolonial Seychelles

An African Chameleon in the Indian Ocean

Robinson, Ashton

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2024

226

Mole

9781032266848

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations used in the text

Introduction

1 Prelude to the Seychelles of Rene

2 Conceived in isolation

3 Less than innocent abroad

4 London and the bank

5 Towards Seychelles independence

6 The coalition and the republic

7 The coup

8 Assembling the apparatus of oppression

9 The campaign against the opposition

10 Death in London

11 Developing the new state

12 Strange friends in New York, Rome and Rwanda

13 Perplexed friends and unfussed enemies in the Cold War

14 1989 and all that

15 The new economy

16 Mastering democracy

17 Leaving on his own terms

18 The character of Rene

Appendices

Bibliography

Index
Autocracy;Democracy;Reform;Transition;Cold War;Mauritius;Comoros;Madagascar;Decolonisation;Race Relations;Microstates;African Chameleon;La Digue;Grands Blancs;SDP;UN;CHOGM;UK Official;MPR;UK Authority;SNM;Michael Green;Western Sahara;NAM;Central Police Station;James Mancham;KANU;Secretary Of State;IMF;Common Language;Indian Ocean;Personal Assistant;SMB;FCO Official;UAE;UK Mission