Talk:Mauritian Creoles
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CREOLES TODAY edit
"They are divided into two groups in Mauritius: the first are known simply as Creoles (peoples of pure African/Malagasy origin) and the second known as Creole-Mazambe (lighter-skinned Mulattos)." please..since when would lighter skinned creoles be called mazambiq?? mozambique people never have been known for their lightness...so you should say milat.. and it's the ti creoles who are the black Afro-Malagasy descended Mauritians or nasyon..get your facts right! to bizin kon sa si to morisyen...oki?Domsta333 11:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
- Mauritian Creole people are the people of African and Malagasy origin who live in Mauritius. However, the Creole people today also includes minorities of people that have both African and Malagasy origins with Indian, Chinese, French and/or British backgrounds.
Brought in as slaves to work the plantations of Mauritius (as well as Réunion and Seychelles), the slaves were Malagasy or East-African and were brought mostly from Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.
The Creoles form along with the Indo-Mauritians the largest ethnic groups in Mauritius. The Creoles are divided into two main groups in Mauritius (which aren't exclusive but were used very often in the past) : Mulattos and Blacks. Among the community, there is a lot of multiracial variances from dark skinned Creoles to near white ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.69.180.119 (talk) 16:14, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
I have removed Olivia Carey and Xavier Duval pictures as representatives of African-Mauritians, as they are Coloured and would never be considered African in Mauritius. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.168.135.1 (talk) 06:12, 16 September 2016 (UTC)