About Mauritius
Mauritius is a subtropical island country in the Indian Ocean, just over 1,130 kilometres east of Madagascar, off the south-eastern coast of Africa. Its outlying territories include Rodrigues Island and other smaller islands. The main island is surrounded by coral reefs and has sandy beaches, with fertile plains rising sharply to rocky mountains.
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Language
Population
1,266 (2022)
Area
Island of Mauritius: 1,864 square kilometres. Rodrigues: 104 square kilometres. Total including other islands: 2,050 square kilometres
High Commissioner
N/A
Capital
Port Louis
Joined Commonwealth
1968, following independence from Britain
Top Exports
Diamonds Knit T-shirts Non-Knit Men’s Suits Processed Fish Raw Sugar
Episode guests
Usha Reena Rungoo
Reena Usha Rungoo is a Mauritian-American writer, scholar, teacher, speaker, and mother. Her works have appeared in Granta, Wasafiri and The Progressive, among others. Her short story, Dite, won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. She is an assistant professor of literature at Harvard University.
"Le Morne"
Want to find out more about poetry in Mauritius, why not explore some of the the women writers from Mauritius mentioned in this episode: Ananda Devi, Shenaz Patel, Nathacha Appanah, Kama La Mackerel.
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