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Khal Torabully

Migration through texts and through time…

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It is not only people who migrate to different places, so too do knowledge, culture, language, plants, animals, technical know-how and ideas. Migration of the various elements that form part of human societies is, as we all know, a natural process of life. For us humans, the prime reason for migration is economic. This is […]... Read More
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COOLIE – Cultural Identity

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COOLITUDE – Transversal Identity according to Raphael Confiant   Raphael Confiant, the celebrated author and ‘militant créole’ from Martinique discusses coolitude in an article published in French recently. Below is an edited résumé in English of his musings on the subject: Confiant writes, there are two ways of conceptualizing cultural identity: one is the conservative, […]... Read More