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Koze! Creole and Colonialism in Mauritius

Presenter: Elsa Wiehe Description: World history teachers are often searching for entry-points to teach about colonialism in Africa. The sequence of teaching often focuses on the European conquest, examines the scramble for Africa, and uses country case studies. Using Mauritian Creole as a case, this session will provide a lens and tools to examine colonialism in Africa, looking more closely at colonial language legacies, policies and practices. More specifically, participants will discuss the impact of colonial language policies as a mode of domination that went to the core of people’s identities; reflect on language contact and the etymological origins of Creole as a way to analyze the African basis of the language, and connect to the present by examining struggles for Creole in parliament in Mauritius and Creole in schools in Seychelles. Level: Middle & High School Teachers