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A collection of oral histories that reveal the loss of cultural continuity, identity, shifts in family responsibilities, gender roles and fractured relationships between generations that are just some of the challenges people face as they attempt to rebuild lives and communities.

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Moving People: States, Displacement, and Resettlement The Individual Voice: The Challenges and Benefits of Listening to Personal Narratives ´We had a set way of life. All that has been disturbed´: Tarbela Dam, Pakistan ´I have lost status in my community´: Conservation and Agricultural Production in Kenya ´The people´s place became the animals´ place´: Resettlement Policies and Conservation in Botswana and Namibia ´Our fields have gone, our lifestyle has changed´: Coal Mining in India ´The wisdom of living in this place will be lost´: Mohale Dam, Lesotho, before Resettlement ´I do not have the cleverness for here´: Mohale Dam, Lesotho, after Displacement Conclusion

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OLIVIA BENNETT is a writer, editor and researcher in development information and publishing. She developed and ran the oral testimony programme of activities at Panos London, UK, and continues to advise on oral testimony in the development context.

CHRISTOPHER MCDOWELL is Reader in International Politics at City University, London, UK. A political anthropologist specializing in population displacement, he has undertaken consultancy and advisory work on resettlement issues for UN agencies, governments, banks, and NGOs.

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