DE SILVA, Hazel.

£250 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Sega of Seychelles. Sole edition, by the first female Seychellois author to be published in English. According to De Silva's loosely inserted letter to an unidentified recipient, the poetry follows the pattern of Seychelles Sega, a local art form involving music, dance, and performance. She uses this style to reveal "the traditions, lore, gossip and even history of the country all in the oral tradition".Hazel de Silva Mugot (1947-1996) was born to a Sri Lankan father and Seychellois mother in Kenya. She moved to the US for university, then relocated to the Seychelles to train as a teacher and journalist. "Her novel... emphasizes the complex roles of the women of Seychelles, her mother's home island" (Miller, p. 226). Her other works include Black Night of Quiloa (1971) and Makongo, the Hyena (undated).

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