Botanika – Aquarelles de Malcy de Chazal (18...

Exposition gratuite, du 24 juin au 20 août 2016, Blue Penny Museum info@bluepennymuseum.mu | bluepennymuseum.com Malcy de Chazal est née en 1804 aux Plaines Wilhems, à Maurice. C’est, nourrie du terroir de la propriété de son père, au Mondrain, non loin d’Henrietta, qu’elle grandit dans un environnement où la Nature tient la plus grande part. Très jeune, aux côtés de son père, elle explore la région,...

Nursing home owned by Mauritian family at the cen...

Nursing home owned by Mauritian family at the centre of a shooting drama   An 86-year-old man is suspected of shooting dead his 81-year-old wife in front of elderly residents in a seaside care home at Walton-on-the-Naze. Rita King was allegedly shot dead in a communal area of the luxury De La Mer home in coastal Essex. A man understood to be her husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Sources inside the care home...

The Franco-Mauritian Elite

Tijo Salverda, a Dutch anthropologist, was recently in Mauritius to discuss the publication of his recent book. He is a Research Fellow at the University of Cologne’s Global South Studies Center and a Research Associate of the University of Pretoria’s Human Economy Programme. His research interests include elites, power, and global investment chains.  He wrote his PhD on the Franco-Mauritians, whom he describes...

Mauritian born Dr Kessen Patten made medical histo...

Mauritian born Dr Kessen Patten, who is a researcher at the University of Montreal, has made medical history – he works with a team of Franco-Canadian researchers who have made a remarkable contribution in the field of genetics, by identifying the gene that causes deformation of the spinal cord – a condition known as scoliosis. The Mauritian doctor is the principal author of an article on the subject of the gene that...

Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard : Mauritius’ Most Fa...

Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: Mauritius’ Most Famous Son   The Blue Penny Museum, in Port Louis, is hosting an exhibition to celebrate the life and work of Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard between December and February. Brown-Séquard was born to an American father and a French mother at Port Louis on 8 April 1817. He became a celebrated medical practitioner and is regarded as a founding figure in the fields of neurology...

Hero guard who ‘saved France’ from bab...

Revealed: Hero guard who ‘saved France’ from baby-faced bomber at football stadium after stopping him sneaking through turnstile and detonating vest among thousands of fans and President Hollande Bilal Hadfi intended to sneak into the Stade de France and detonate a bomb Thousands of football fans were inside, including President Hollande Security guard Salim Toorabally stopped the bomber at the last...