"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

January 1, 1970

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Women singersWomen activists from the United KingdomPeople from the British Indian Ocean Territory
Original Language: English

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Lyric excerpt (translated from the French), "Pei natal," Charlesia, La voix des Chagos (2004)