People from Mahe - People from Anse-Aux-Pins, People from Anse Royale, People from Au Cap, People from Baie Lazare, People from Beau Vallon (Paperback)

Chapters: People From Anse-Aux-Pins, People From Anse Royale, People From Au Cap, People From Baie Lazare, People From Beau Vallon, People From Bel Ombre (Seychelles), People From Cascade (Seychelles), People From Glacis, People From Grand'anse Mahe, People From Greater Victoria (Seychelles), People From Pointe La Rue, People From Port Glaud, People From Takamaka (Seychelles), James Mancham, Joseph Belmont, Wilby Lucas, Marie-Louise Potter, Regina Alcindor, Terrence Francoise, Nicholas Prea, Jennifer Vel, Ginette Gamatis, David Payet, Charles Decommarmond, Terence Mondon, Collin Dyer, Waven William, Joseph Francois, Marc Naiken. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir James Richard Marie Mancham KBE (born August 11, 1939, Victoria, Seychelles, then a colony of the United Kingdom) was the first President of Seychelles from 1976 to 1977. James' father, Richard Mancham, a successful businessman, sent James to law school in England. When Britain announced its intention to give independence to the colony, Mancham founded the Democratic Party (S.D.P.), and served as its leader until February 2005. France-Albert Rene founded an opposition party, the Seychelles People's United Party (S.P.U.P) with the support of the Soviet Union. As Chief Minister of the colony, Mancham promoted tourism to the Seychelles and arranged for the building of the airport that was to make the Seychelles accessible to the rest of the world. Tourism increased and the economy developed. In 1976, Mancham won the popular vote when the British gave the Seychelles independence. Less that a year later, in June 1977, he was deposed by Prime Minister France-Albert Rene in a coup with the support of Tanzanian-trained revolutionaries and Tanzanian-supplied weapons. Mancham lived in exile until the...http: //booksllc.net/?id=80567