Alain Péters: Poet of Maloya

Rediscovering Réunion's troubled folk chansonnier

Apr 20, 2024

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Located 422 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian ocean, Réunion marks the southernmost part of Europe. To this day, the small island is a department of France.

Alain Péters was one of the island’s finest singer-songwriters.

He played an experimental version of maloya, a local style of folk music. On the image above, he’s holding his trademark takamba, a…

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