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Join date: Oct 15, 2021
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Bonjour! I am Joëlle from Swan Hill, VIC in Australia. Swan Hill is about 4 hours drive from Melbourne CBD. Many would know Swan Hill for it's Mighty Murray River or the Pioneer Settlement. I am in awe of this beautiful place I now call home... the river, the landscape, the colours, the people...Nostalgia sometimes gets the better of me as I recall Mauritius, the place I once called home... the sea, the landscape, the colours, the people...I often travel through stories and literature, reading and re-reading favorites stories from Mauritius. So many stories of resilience. This blog brings together my love of literature and rediscovering my cultural heritage.
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Sep 6, 2024 ∙ 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...
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Aug 18, 2024 ∙ 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...
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Jul 20, 2024 ∙ 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...
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May 31, 2024 ∙ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jun 13, 2022 ∙ 2 min
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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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...
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