“When I say Mauritius, the first thing people think of is ‘beach’, and the whole postcard part,” says singer Linzy Bacbotte, a leading advocate of the music known as sega.

Mauritius, a small African island located in the Indian Ocean, is about 788 square miles – roughly half the size of Rhode Island. It boasts, at first Google, ...

Sega music echoes styles from Senegal, and in Seychelles musicians use the same word for their styles. When the music plays today at a party or on the beach, dancers get wrapped up in the love ...