The island's history
Settlement, maroon communities, indentured labour and independence: the events that shaped the island as it is today, and the places that preserve their memory.
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History of Mauritius
Mauritius has no indigenous population: everyone and everything on the island arrived from elsewhere. Its short but eventful history — successive colonial periods, slavery, maroon communities, indentured labour and independence in 1968 — explains much of today's language, cuisine and landscape. This section brings together articles about these chapters and the places that still preserve their memory.