Coolitude is a term coined by Mauritian poet Khal Torabully to describe the cultural interaction of the Indian or Chinese "coolie" diaspora, and by extension also similar migrations. It refers to a transcultural process, articulating imaginaries and cultures in non-essentialist ways.
Further reading
Khal Torabully, Cale d'étoiles-Coolitude (Azalées Editions, La Réunion, 1992)
Carter, Marina; Torabully, Khal (2002). Coolitude : an anthology of the Indian labour diaspora. London: Anthem. ISBN 1843310031.
Torabully, Khal, Voices from the Aapravasi Ghat - Indentured imaginaries, poetry collection on the coolie route and the fakir's aesthetics, Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund, AGTF, Mauritius,November 2, 2013.
External links
Marina Carter and Khal Torabully, Coolitude: An Anthology of the Indian Labor Diaspora (2002), page from Anthem Press website
Khaleel Torabully, "The coolies' odyssey",[dead link] UNESCO Courier (October 1996)
Khal Torabully, "Créolité, Coolitude, Créolisation: Les imaginaires de la relation", at Africultures website (2006)
Véronique Bragard, Torabully biography, at the île en île website (CUNY)
Véronique Bragard, "Transoceanic echoes: coolitude and the work of the Mauritian poet Khal Torabully", International Journal of Francophone Studies 8.2 (August 2005)
Véronique Bragard, "Voyages into Coolitude: A Comparative and Textual Analysis of Kala Pani Womens Cross-Cultural Creative Memory", thesis abstract
Paget Henry, Review of Marina Carter and Khal Torabully, Coolitude: An Anthology of the Indian Labor Diaspora, from H-Net
Voices from the Aapravasi Ghat, http://www.potomitan.info/torabully/voices.php
HILL COOLIES OR DHANGARS http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/scoble/
COOLIE - ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA : http://www.britannica.com/topic/coolie-Asian-labourer
CHINESE COOLIES http://www.imperialchina.org/coolie.html
Chinese coolie trade, https://web.archive.org/web/20150701053253/http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DE2D61539EF34BC4152DFB1668388669FDE
Slave trade, coolie trade: http://facweb.northseattle.edu/cadler/Global_Dialogues/Readings/Monkey_Hunting_Readings/Slave%20Trade%20Coolie%20Trade.pdf
UK National Archives : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/indian-indentured-labourers/
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