‘The weight of our history is very heavy’: An Interview with Bertrand d’Espaignet, by Sraddha Shivani Rajkomar
Abstract
Not a historian but passionate about the past, Bertrand d’Espaignet (Bd’E) is a Mauritian writer and intellectual. He is a graduate in Economics and Management and lives in Blue Bay on the south-eastern coast of Mauritius where he revels in his other passion, the sea. He has taught at Vatel Maurice and given courses on management at Lycée La Bourdonnais for their programme in Political Sciences. D’Espaignet visits Madagascar, where he is a lecturer in Economics at Vatel Madagascar, twice a year. His first novel, La République des Bâtards, was published in 2011. The novel is currently available in its fourth edition, published in 2023. His second novel, Les Bâtards de la République, was published in 2013. Presently, he is writing his next book, a work of autofiction. He is interviewed by Sraddha Shivani Rajkomar (SSR).
Fields of Study & Subjects
North African History and Literature
Communism
Protests
Social Movements
Philosophy
History
and Historiography
Publication details
- Journal / source
- English Studies in Africa
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 18–31
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN