Popular Music of Mauritius

Over fifty years, the sega have been the lively era with sega music and much are not in the history. The past twenty year the Mauritian music has been restored by the combination of sega and reggae music which is known as seggae. This modern improvement appeared from one poorer environs of Port Loius, which is known as Roche Bois along with artist Kaya (Joseph Reginald Topize) and his orchestra known as Racinetatane as the first major advocate. Rastafarians achieved more fame and then success more than the youths of Mauritius in late 80s and early 90s.

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Kaya died in murky and it is still mysterious circumstance while in the police custody in 1999. He was arrested based on an allegedly smoking of pro-marijuana in the public rally organized by an aspiring politician. There was conflict for three days because of the death of Kaya which began with the rebellion against police brutality when Kaya was discovered dead and have 30 marks of violence on his body. This demonstration ended with the shift toward the communal fight that endangered the social textile of Mauritius. In the time of this demonstration, another vibrant seggae artists known as Berger Agather was killed at the process by the police that led the double-blow to the Mauritius music scene within some days. In spite of this the sega music, which still serves as one of the Kaya’s legacy and it is seen as the voice exposing the sorrow and hopes of many of the poorest Mauritians.