LINDSEY COLLEN: “THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE - BEING PART OF THE THREE-WEEK NATION-WIDE MASS GENERAL STRIKE MOVEMENT IN MAURITIUS IN AUGUST 1979”

Ottawa Journal of International and Public Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 1, July 2023, Ghazipur, London (United Kingdom).
ISSN: 2634-5307 (Online). www.ghazipur-publications.website. © Ghazipur Ltd, 2023.

LINDSEY COLLEN: “THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE - BEING PART OF THE THREE-WEEK NATION-WIDE MASS GENERAL STRIKE MOVEMENT IN MAURITIUS IN AUGUST 1979” - Interview by Shafick Osman, PhD Geopolitics (Paris-Sorbonne University), and Research Associate at the Florida International University (Miami).

Lindsey Collen is a feminist, social and political activist, and internationally famous novelist. She has won numerous international accolades, and one of her prize-winning works, The Rape of Sita, is still prohibited in Mauritius. Lindsey Collen is a well-known figure in Mauritius' public life. She is originally from South Africa, and she tells us about her life in white South Africa during the apartheid era, as well as her journey to the Seychelles, in this interview. She also talks about her stay in the United States and the United Kingdom. Lindsey Collen has not only been heavily involved in Mauritian politics for nearly fifty years, but she is also one of the pioneers of the Mauritius women's movement. She is well-known for her advocacy for the Creole and Bhojpuri languages, as well as her support for Palestine and the recognition of Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. A staunch leftist, Lindsey Collen describes herself first and foremost as a political activist!

The interview has been published in Vol. 1, No.1 of the Ottawa Journal of International and Public Affairs (OJIPA) in July 2023. It may be purchased here.