Creole

E157513

Creole refers to a mixed-heritage ethnic community in Mauritius, typically descended from African, Malagasy, and European ancestors and central to the island’s Afro-Mauritian culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Creole canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
social group
alsoKnownAs Afro-Mauritians
Mauritian Creoles
linked to: Mauritian Creole
associatedWith Afro-Mauritian religious practices
Creole cuisine of Mauritius
linked to: Creole cuisine

Mauritian sega music
continent Africa
country Mauritius
culturalExpression Creole oral traditions
sega tambour
culturalHeritage African cultural elements
European cultural elements
Malagasy cultural elements
demographicCategory Afro-Mauritian population
developedDuring British colonial period in Mauritius
French colonial period in Mauritius
ethnicOrigin African
European
Malagasy
hasCulturalRole central to Afro-Mauritian culture
historicalOrigin descendants of European settlers
descendants of Malagasy slaves
descendants of enslaved Africans
languageSpoken English
French
Mauritian Creole
linkedTo history of slavery in Mauritius
post-emancipation society in Mauritius
mainReligion Christianity
migrationHistory internal migration from rural estates to urban areas
partOf Afro-diasporic peoples
politicalContext recognized as a community in Mauritian politics
populationStatus one of the major ethnic communities in Mauritius
region Mascarene Islands
relatedConcept Creole languages
Creole peoples
linked to: Creole people
relatedGroup Rodriguan Creoles
linked to: Rodriguan Creole

Seychellois Creoles
linked to: Seychellois Creole
religiousDiversity includes Roman Catholics
includes other Christian denominations
socialIssues historical marginalization
socio-economic inequality

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mauritius ethnicGroup Creole
P. G. T. Beauregard ethnicGroup Creole