ABSTRACT
In 2009, the Government of Mauritius established the Truth and Justice Commission1 which inter alia, to investigate the history and legacy of slavery and indenture and to make recommendations for the reconciliation of social justice. e inclusion of indenture in the mandate of the Commission was an aerthought to the campaigners who had been demanding for a Slavery Reparations Commission for many years. No similar request had ever been made for indenture. However, in the prevailing Mauritian ethno-political context and competition for ‘a place in the sun’, indenture was added. Another issue, land dispossession was also added to the mandate by politicians, which further complicated the efforts of implementing the original concept of the Commission to focus largely on studying the legacy of slavery and reparations.
