• Next stop Mauritius with Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Reena Usha Rungoo

  • Aug 4 2024
  • Length: 41 mins
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Next stop Mauritius with Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Reena Usha Rungoo

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  • In this fortnight’s episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet Mauritian-American writer Reena Usha Rungoo. Her short story, Dite, recently won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. A writer, scholar, teacher, speaker, and mother. She is an assistant professor of literature at Harvard University. Exploring poetry and literature from Mauritius, from traditional Sega music to exploring the oral tradition of sirandane.

    Poems this episode include a reading of lyrics from Le Morne by Cassiya.

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