Le Morne mountain, a symbolic area in Mauritius which has just been selected by the UNESCO to become one of the World Heritage sites.
What a recognition for those people who were treated as 'slaves', during the dark days of slavery and who, according to the mauritian history, chose to die for their freedom.
They climbed that steep mountain with much difficulty and had enough 'guts' to jump from the peak.
These people strongly believe that a man is born to be free and they chose to die as a free man.
Centuries after, can we affirm in 2008 that 'slavery' has completely disappeared in our modern societies ?
Are people nowadays 'free' to think, to speak, to write and to act, whatever the society he/she belongs to ?
Alain Fok
What a recognition for those people who were treated as 'slaves', during the dark days of slavery and who, according to the mauritian history, chose to die for their freedom.
They climbed that steep mountain with much difficulty and had enough 'guts' to jump from the peak.
These people strongly believe that a man is born to be free and they chose to die as a free man.
Centuries after, can we affirm in 2008 that 'slavery' has completely disappeared in our modern societies ?
Are people nowadays 'free' to think, to speak, to write and to act, whatever the society he/she belongs to ?
Alain Fok
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