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René and Postcolonial Seychelles: An African Chameleon in the Indian Ocean

René and Postcolonial Seychelles: An African Chameleon in the Indian Ocean

Robinson, Ashton

Paperback

Series: African Studies

Biographies GeneralGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1032266848
ISBN13: 9781032266848
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 27 2024
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Robinson details the life and times of France-Albert René (1935-2019), the second post-independence leader of Seychelles who oversaw the nation's transition to democracy after over a decade of his brutal dictatorship.

René's career was Seychelles' history over the forty-three years from independence in 1976 until his peaceful death. Having seized power in a violent coup he presented himself as a socialist in the Cold War but transitioned to build Africa's most successful relationship with international lenders and developed Seychelles as a major offshore tax haven. He also sustained and cultivated Seychelles' position as a Western tourism-based economy. Robinson outlines not only René's use of political violence and extrajudicial killing but also his unique relationship with transnational, organised crime including his links with the New York mafia, Italian organised crime interests and even helping to arm the Rwandan genocide. Nevertheless, René - a white leader of an African nation - avoided the self-isolation of Rhodesia and South Africa; endowed racial harmony; enabled women to advance politically and socially; and left Seychelles with high incomes, currency convertibility, and robust human and physical infrastructure.

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