First published: 20/07/23.

Kokoro 4.0

Aapravasi Ghat

Aapravasi Ghat (Inscribed)

Aapravasi Ghat by Kokoro

I visited this place in May 2022 and think it was wonderful. It seems that older reviewers could not benefit from the excellent exhibition in the museum which is really great as it explains in a very good didactic way (explanations, exhibits, reconstructions) the life of the first immigrant policy in the world. Mauritius is the site of the first large-scale use of indentured labour in the modern world. Between 1830 and 1910 more than 462,000 people arrived in Mauritius. Appr. 70% of modern Mauritians are descendants of these workers. Really impressive. The mueseums shows a lot of very illustrative items, e.g. the way the new arrivals were registered and how and where they waited to be allocated to work. Having seen this exhibition, the (yes few) buildings outside can be understood and valued much better.

Access is easy, it is right downtown the capital city of Mauritius, Port Luis. 

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