Independence: Remembering a Promise

Independence. The word still lingers in the air of March like a flag in the wind. It carries within it the promise of emancipation, the pride of a people discovering themselves as the masters of their destiny. Yet, fifty-eight years have passed, and the question remains, persistent: what remains of this freedom proclaimed in 1968?

Mauritius was not born in the fury of a revolution. Its independence emerged from the great retreat of European empires, when Great Britain...