Dev Virahsawmy

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Dev Virahsawmy (born 1942 in Quartier Militaire, Mauritius), is a politician, playwright, poet and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language.

Early life

Virahsawmy spent his early childhood in Goodlands but after the death of his mother he went to live with his grandparents at Beau-Bassin.[1] After having done his secondary education, he went to Scotland at the Edinburgh University to study languages, literature and linguistics.

Political life

Between 1966 and 1987, he was a politician and one of the three leaders of the Mauritian Militant Movement.

Since leaving politics he has concentrated on play-writing. He is associated with the early protest theatre in Mauritius.[2] Virahsawmy is married to Loga Virahsawmy, a feminist and chairperson of Gender and Media Southern Africa.[3]

Works

Including:

  • Zeneral Makbef (1981)[4]

Influence

Some of the lyrics of Ziskakan are from early poems by Virahsawmy.[5]

References

  1. ↑ www.lehman.cuny.edu
  2. ↑ Banham, Martin. A history of theatre in Africa. p. 410. 
  3. ↑ www.winmauritius.net
  4. ↑ Banham, Martin. A history of theatre in Africa. p. 414. 
  5. ↑ Banham, Martin. A history of theatre in Africa. p. 425. 


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