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	[[Seggae]] — Mauritian popular field combining Sega- and Reggae-related musical resources with Creole social/identity histories. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-boswell" /> <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-heritage-scholar" />		[[Seggae]] — Mauritian popular field combining Sega- and Reggae-related musical resources with Creole social/identity histories. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-boswell" /> <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-heritage-scholar" />

			=== Additional regional repertoire ===
			[[Hindi filmi]] includes an established Mauritian listening and broadcasting community. That addition concerns Mauritius specifically and does not imply identical film-song participation on every Mascarene island.

			The linked genre articles document the evidence, source-access limits and geographic interpretation.

	== Artists ==		== Artists ==

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== Summary ==
Creole dance and song networks connect the islands, with maloya particularly tied to Réunion and Indo-Mauritian repertoires especially significant in Mauritius. Modern pop and reggae adaptations extend the mixture. <ref name="africa-recovery-ref-a3bfdb32d092">[https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/traditional-mauritian-sega-01003?RL=01003 Traditional Mauritian Sega — UNESCO]. Access note: Project genre research, October 16–17, 2026; reused October 18. Full UNESCO description consulted via indexed page; traditional Mauritian practice distinguished from the wider Sega family.</ref> <ref name="africa-recovery-ref-37a1efa30c6d">[https://nhf.govmu.org/nhf/?page_id=723 Sega Tipik Morisien — Mauritius National Heritage Fund]. Access note: Project genre research, October 16–17, 2026; reused October 18. National heritage institution account consulted; broad popularity language not converted into a statistic.</ref> <ref name="africa-recovery-ref-46f195414d27">[https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/le-maloya-00249?RL=00249 Le Maloya — UNESCO]. Access note: Project genre research, October 16–17, 2026; reused October 18. Full French heritage description consulted; dated ensemble counts not repeated as current facts.</ref> <ref name="africa-recovery-ref-5ecf13c33039">[https://memoire-esclavage.org/biographies/danyel-waro Danyèl Waro — Fondation pour la mémoire de l’esclavage]. Access note: Project genre research, October 16–17, 2026; reused October 18. Foundation biography consulted for Creole language, instrument making and memory of slavery.</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
[[Debaa]]: A 2025 cultural report describes associations across Mayotte and Mahoran diaspora practice in Réunion and metropolitan France. Women’s organization, competition and transmission shape this living art. <ref name="africa-recovery-yt-culture2025">[https://www.culture.gouv.fr/thematiques/patrimoine-culturel-immateriel/vivre-le-patrimoine-culturel-immateriel/reportages/le-debaa-expression-des-femmes-mahoraises Le debaa, expression des femmes mahoraises,2025]. Access note: Full relevant public text read.</ref>

[[Geet-Gawai]]: Family occasions, community transmission and public cultural presentation sustain Geet-Gawai. The national inventory records practice in all nine districts, with particular village concentrations. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-geet-inventory">[https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/30634-EN.pdf Mauritian Geet Gawai national inventory]. Access note: Relevant geographic and social sections read.</ref>

[[Seggae]]: Seggae is a recognizable Mauritian popular identity within a plural island musical public. Its social expression should not be reduced to imported Reggae listening or to a heritage-only account of Sega. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-boswell">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312874210_Sega_as_voice-work_in_the_Indian_Ocean_region Sega as voice-work — Rosabelle Boswell,2017]. Access note: Relevant fieldwork/local-variation indexed text read; full article pending.</ref>

== History ==
[[Debaa]]: Debaa developed during the early twentieth century through Sufi-inspired vocal practice and subsequent women’s community performance. Devotional and recreational functions coexist rather than forming mutually exclusive versions. <ref name="africa-recovery-yt-culture2025" /> <ref name="africa-recovery-yt-bertuzzi">[https://journals.openedition.org/ethnomusicologie/3992 Aspects compétitifs dans le debaa — Elena Bertuzzi,2020]. Access note: Public author/research synopsis and relevant description read; full article pending.</ref>

[[Geet-Gawai]]: Bhojpuri song developed an island-specific social life through Mauritian family and community histories. The tradition’s presence should be documented through practice rather than inferred from ancestry alone. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-geet-unesco">[https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/bhojpuri-folk-songs-in-mauritius-geet-gawai-01178 Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai — record01178]. Access note: Indexed descriptive record read.</ref>

[[Seggae]]: The field developed through the meeting of Sega- and Reggae-related resources and Creole social experience. Heritage debates show why modern transformation belongs within the history of island musical culture. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-boswell" /> <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-heritage-scholar">[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13527258.2018.1555671 Safeguarding Sega — Chagossian heritage study,2019]. Access note: Relevant public transmission/displacement/inscription discussion read.</ref>

== Genres ==
[[Debaa]] — Mahoran women’s Sufi-inspired vocal, percussion and choreographic art, both devotional and recreational, organized through community associations. <ref name="africa-recovery-yt-bertuzzi" /> <ref name="africa-recovery-yt-culture2025" />

[[Geet-Gawai]] — Mauritian Bhojpuri song, instrumental, social and dance practice, particularly associated with women and family/life-cycle occasions. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-geet-inventory" /> <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-geet-unesco" />

[[Seggae]] — Mauritian popular field combining Sega- and Reggae-related musical resources with Creole social/identity histories. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-boswell" /> <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-heritage-scholar" />

== Artists ==
[[Debaa]]: Women’s associations, vocal leaders, percussionists and dancers are the creative practitioners. Their collective authorship is central to both devotional meaning and public performance. <ref name="africa-recovery-yt-culture2025" />

[[Geet-Gawai]]: Women singers, instrumentalists and community bearers transmit the repertoire through participation. Cross-community involvement and later public presentation extend that social life. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-geet-inventory" />

[[Seggae]]: Mauritian singers and bands work within this Creole popular field. The cited ethnographic sources foreground musical voice and social identity rather than a current commercial ranking. <ref name="africa-recovery-mu-boswell" />

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Edb: Connect completed Africa repertoire research with existing native country and regional articles; preserve boundaries and other prose.

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