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Charlesia Alexis
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“I left (British Indian Ocean Territory) in 1967. My husband was ill and we had taken him to Mauritius for treatment. When we were ready to return, (Mauritian) officials said they had instructions not to let us go back. They told us Diego (Garcia) had been sold. They tried to starve us. There was no milk, no oil, no salt.”
Charlesia Alexis (1934–2012) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed for the documentary Stealing a Nation (2004)
“We were just women; there were no men at all in those days. When we did demonstrations, the police beat the men... so we decided to use a majority of women and a minority of men.”
Charlesia Alexis (1934–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Eviction from the Chagos Islands: Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers (2011)
“It’s no a compensation for the Chagossians. It’s not even a British person’s pay for one month.”
Charlesia Alexis (1934–2012) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the 1982 settlement offer
“We're a small people. We have no arms to make war with the British government, nor with the Mauritian government. We didn't know if the money was a lot, or if it was a little. Me, I say that the Mauritian government and the British government looked after their own interests.”
Charlesia Alexis (1934–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Eviction from the Chagos Islands: Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers (2011)
“...the Ilios problem isn't going away; the British government must recognize our suffering...”
Charlesia Alexis (1934–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Eviction from the Chagos Islands: Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers (2011)
“I like England, I'll stay here ... I've seen how the Government helps old people and those with children, although those who don't speak English don't get work. In Mauritius, even if you work ... it's not enough to save, whereas here people who work can save quickly.”
Charlesia Alexis (1934–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK: Forced Displacement and Onward Migration (2013)
“My heart is full of sorrow/ See my child growing up/ See the children growing up/ Without knowing their mother’s native country”
Charlesia Alexis (1934–2012) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lyric excerpt (translated from the French), "Pei natal," Charlesia, La voix des Chagos (2004)