Le bal du dodo
Le bal du dodo by Geneviève Dormann is the story of French colonisers as they set sails to discover L'Isle de France, now Mauritius....
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Joelle Whiting
- Dec 12, 2021
- 1 min
Ève de ses décombres
Ève de ses décombres or Eve out of her ruins by Ananda Devi, tells the story of Ève and a group of young people from Troumaron housing...
Joelle Whiting
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's adventures in wonderland/ Les aventures d' Alice au pays des merveilles (1865) by Charles Dodgson was written under his...
Joelle Whiting
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Before the coffee gets cold
Before the coffee gets cold is a novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated from Japanese to English by Geoffrey Trousselot. The french...
Joelle Whiting
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Le Cantique du rasta
‘Le Cantique du rasta’ (2021) by Sharon Paul is inspired by the life and death of famous Mauritian musician, Kaya, who tragically passed...
Joelle Whiting
- May 31
- 2 min
Le ciel par-dessus le toit
Le ciel par-dessus le toit (2019) is written by Mauritian born author Natacha Appanah and translated into English by Geoffrey Strachan as...
Joelle Whiting
- Oct 7, 2023
- 2 min
The boy who had never seen the sea
Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer, by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, is the story of Daniel who longs to see the ocean. That is all he...
Joelle Whiting
- Sep 25, 2023
- 2 min
Blue Bay Palace
Blue Bay palace by Natacha Appanah is the story of Maya who ventures from her humble town of Blue Bay, Mauritius, to discover a world of...
Joelle Whiting
- Sep 24, 2022
- 1 min
Rêve d'oiseau...Dream of birds
Rêve d'oiseau or Dream of birds by Shenaz Patel is a beautifully written and illustrated picture book. The story is that of Sara who...
Joelle Whiting
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Mère Augustine and the Soeurs de Bon Secours...
The "untold" contribution and tribulations of Mère Augustine and the Soeurs de Bon Secours in post emancipation Mauritius 1850-1870...
Joelle Whiting
- Apr 9, 2022
- 1 min
The silence of a Mauritian student
The silence of a Mauritian student by Claire Valerie is an autobiography that recounts the author's journey from Mauritius to Malaysia...
Joelle Whiting
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Mo Zoli…
Mo zoli: enn zistwar dekolonizasion fam Kreol atraver so seve ek so batman by Christelle Collet is eloquently written in Mauritian...
Joelle Whiting
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Sens Magique
Sens Magique by Malcolm De Chazal is a captivating collection of the artist’s poetic thoughts. Sens Magique or magical sense is the space...
Joelle Whiting
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Les rochers de Poudre d'Or
Just finished reading Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or (2003) by Natasha Appanah. This book has been on my book shelf for many years and never...
Joelle Whiting
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Zistwar Ti-Prens
Le Petit Prince/The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry is one of my favourite book. Translated into Mauritian Creole by Dev...
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