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South Africa: Drumming to freedom

Ndesanjo Macha — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:26:20 +0000

cueTV interviews a dance collective from Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar about the dance, Ma Ravan', a ritual and a performance, and paying homage to slaves and freedom fighters performed at the Grahamstown Arts Festival in South Africa.

Madagascar: Barcamp set to foster ICT collaboration.

Lova Rakotomalala — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:10:11 +0000

The date for the first Barcamp in Madagascar is set for October, 4th 2008 in Antananarivo. The user-generated unconference will follow in the steps of previous Barcamps organized in sub Saharan Africa (Nairobi, Kampala and Mauritius) . Other Barcamps related to ICT in Africa are also planned in Abidjan and Silicon Valley (BarcampAfrica) soon (en).

Mauritius: Is Kreol inferior in Mauritius?

Ndesanjo Macha — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:20:34 +0000

Mauritian blogger, Jean Lindsay, asks: “How can I accept that Kreol, my mother tongue, is inferior to other languages spoken in Mauritius?”

Madagascar hosts Indian Ocean Island Games

Lova Rakotomalala — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:12:53 +0000

The Indian Ocean Island Games are underway in Madagascar and people are quite thrilled about it.

Harinjaka gives us a preview of the anticipation back home:

“C’est parti pour le 7 ème Jeux des îles de l’Océan Indien (JIOI).
La flamme olympique arrive aujourd’hui au stade de Mahamasina (Tananarive) pour annoncer l’ouverture des 7èmes JIOI, qui se tiendront du 9 au 19 août à Tananarive.
Plus de 200 athlètes originaires de sept îles de l’océan Indien, à savoir les Comores, les Maldives, l’île Maurice, Mayotte, La Réunion, les Seychelles et Madagascar, participeront à 16 différents sports pour cette competition.[..]

j’ai pu ressentir l’excitation des malgaches dont l’émotion est vraiment palpable [..]
Sachez quand même que 86 pays vivront en direct la plupart des compétitions. ”

« the 7th Indian Ocean Island Games are underway (IOIG).
The Olympic flame arrives today at the Mahamasina stadium (Antananarivo) to signal the opening of the 7th IOIG, which will be held from the 9 to the 19th of August in Antananarivo.

More than 200 athletes from seven islands in the Indian Ocean: the Comoros, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, Seychelles and Madagascar, will take part in 16 various sports for this competition. [.]

One can sense the excitation of the Malagasy people whose enthusiasm for the event is undeniable[.]
Note that 86 countries will be able to follow live most of of the matches.”

Su adds in the comment section that the event is so important that the day of the opening ceremony has been declared a national holiday.

( Ravi, the official mascott of the Indian Ocean Island Games. Photo credit: http://www.jioi2007.mg/)

Mauritius: a new book on art in Mauritius

Ndesanjo Macha — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:50:05 +0000

An announcement about a new book on art in Mauritius: “Art in Mauritius - Post Independence issues and perspectives is being launched on Wednesday 30th May 2007 at the 26th Salon de Mai, at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute’s School of Fine Arts in Moka.”

Mauritius: players don't use intelligence

Ndesanjo Macha — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:50:48 +0000

Ishtiba on Mauritian soccer following their recent loss agains Sudan, “So much frustration among Mauritian supporters today …but 1 thing that many persons dont understand is that : how can we get good /quality football, how can “we deliver the goods” when there is no effective structure put in place to assure that we get some good players with a minimum of intelligence! So that they can use their brains when playing n not just do anything with a ball when u r a pitch!!”

Mauritius: the abortion debate

Ndesanjo Macha — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:11:09 +0000

Christina Meetoo's take http://roushdat.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/give-an-egg-take-a-bull/”> writes: “But Madagascar is itself in quite a difficult posture, how will this country help Mauritius? I just couldn’t understand…At first I thought, maybe the government is fed up bestowing honor upon people from countries that are far better at all levels compared to us…and they want to act as the big guyz in front of people from countries like Madagascar (Glacer imper devant zot :p).”

Mauritius: Mauritian blogger in Lifehacker

Ndesanjo Macha — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:00:43 +0000

Lifehacker publishes Mauritian blogger's instructions http://artmauritius.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/krishna-luchoomun-body-paints-the-independence-for-lhebdo/”>does body paiting with colors of independence in Mauritius, “For the 39th independence day celebration, L’Hebdo newpaper came up with an innovative concept. It asked Krishna Luchoomun to do a body painting with the colours of the independence.”

Africa: business media focusing on Africa

Ndesanjo Macha — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:19:39 +0000

A list of publications focusing on business in Africa from the Benin Epilogue Part 1: “The country or continent of origin for these publications is overshadowed by the fact that there still is not enough coverage of Africa's business news. So, these business publications from other regions of the world who focus on business in Africa are fulfilling a need and helping to disseminate very good information.”

Indian Ocean: New Web 2.0 Cultural Site

Alice Backer — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:52:11 +0000

Collective Malagasy blog Malagasy Miray announces (Fr): “Culture-océanindien [ www.culture-oceanindien.info ] is a space for cultural and islandness expression based on the web 2.0 principle. It was born out of the will to promote and support culture in general and more specifically that of the Indian Ocean. Many aspects of Indian Ocean culture remain buried to this day.”

Madagascar: Samoosa? Sambosa? Sambos?

Alice Backer — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:20:39 +0000

Mad de Madagascar delves (Fr) into the history that brought samoosas (however spelt and prounouced in the region) to the Indian Ocean (Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius) from India. The blogger then offers a video of a French chef's recipe and adds that in Reunion, cousins have emerged made with cheese or pineapple.

Reunion: “Our Creole Stolen By a Guadeloupean”

Alice Backer — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:50:27 +0000

Blogger Pierrot Dupuy laments (Fr) that Reunion will be represented by a Reunion-based Guadeloupean professor at an International Creole Festival taking place in Mauritius from December 1st to 3rd. Adds the blogger, the Festival will feature: “a culinary festival, a conference on Creolity and a mega concert featuring Zouk Machine, Francky Vincent, Kaoma and Kassav' alongside Mauritian artists.”

Mauritius: Local Filmmakers

Alice Backer — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:57:50 +0000

Christina announces (Fr) La Seance des Jeunes Realisateurs, a show on Mauritian television channel MBC3 that showcases local filmmakers. She writes: “Shorts by Mauritian filmmakers are finally being broadcast nationally. An occasion to see what local films are made of, to consume purely Mauritian fiction and documentary. Of course all pioneering films have weaknesses … But this is mostly about seeing what themes preoccupy our creatives and what our imaginary is made of.”