Khal Torabully, from Mauritius, writing in French and Mauritian Creole, is a prize-winning poet, essayist, film director, and semiologist who has authored some twenty-five books, and coined the term “coolitude,” much in the same way that Aimé Césaire developed the concept of negritude. In 2014, UNESCO officially approved the International Indentured Labour Route Project, and Torabully is a key part of this endeavor.