Malaise Créole is a term that was coined in the 1990s to describe the phenomenon of social exclusion of members of the Creole community on the island of Mauritius by the rest of Mauritian society.
[1] Ethnographic research amongst Creoles in Mauritius has identified four main facets of the Malaise Créole phenomenon, in addition to the impact of colonialism and slavery:[2] 1.
Another interpretation of Malaise Créole is that is a social pathology resulting from the lack of a fundamental pre-existing Creole identity.
Although the phenomenon dates back to the years of slavery of the 1700s, the Malaise Créole worsened especially in the 1980s, after the uncertainty, mass migration and racial riots around the country's independence in 1968, followed by a reconciliatory alliance between the Labour Party and the PMSD which enabled the economy to recover.
[4] The 1999 Mauritian riots following the death in custody of popular "seggae" musician Joseph Réginald Topize brought the phenomenon of Malaise Créole to the forefront.