Hommage à Charles Baudelaire, 1867-2017. Le 31 août 2017 nous célèbrerons le cent-cinquantenaire de la mort du célèbre poète français, Charles Baudelaire (1820-1867)… Continue reading Hommage à Charles Baudelaire, 1867-2017.
Tag: Mauritius
The Fate of the Sugar Industry on the Island of Mauritius
The Fate of the Sugar Industry on the Island of Mauritius Getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning is a ritual for Parmanen Seeruthun: he gets his bicycle ready, picks up the lunch packet prepared by his caring wife, gives her a kiss on the cheek and then off he goes in the dark.… Continue reading The Fate of the Sugar Industry on the Island of Mauritius
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… Continue reading The Franco-Mauritian Elite
Les laves bleues
Catherine Boudet who is a well-known Réunionnese journalist and author, living in Mauritius, has just won the prestigious Grand Prix de poésie Joseph Delteil 2012 for her latest work entitled Les Laves bleues. A number of the poems in this prize-winning volume are dedicated to her adopted country Mauritius. These poems have been described… Continue reading Les laves bleues
A SLAVE TRADER AND PIRATE ANCESTOR
A SLAVE TRADER AND PIRATE ANCESTOR Do you know whether you have an ancestor who was a slave trader or a pirate?! Many residents of the Mascarene islands are aware that they have a slave forebear and in societies which depended on servile labour, it is not uncommon to have the blood of both… Continue reading A SLAVE TRADER AND PIRATE ANCESTOR
Little Dodo’s ABC Book
Priya N. Hein (née Rughooputh) is the author of the popular A Little Dodo Called Feno book series which have been published in English, French and German. Her third book, Little Dodo’s ABC Book, published by Editions Orphie in France received the Coup de Coeur FNAC, Paris. Born in Mauritius, Priya N. Hein spent her… Continue reading Little Dodo’s ABC Book
JUSTICE, PRESS REPORTS, A VERY MAURITIAN AFFAIR
IS JUSTICE BEING SERVED IN MAURITIUS? THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF MR SINCLAIR AND MS BOUDET While the attention of many persons in Mauritius and around the world is riveted on the current supreme court proceedings concerning the tragic death of Michaela McAreavey, another drama is being played out in the district court of… Continue reading JUSTICE, PRESS REPORTS, A VERY MAURITIAN AFFAIR