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Rosalind Burford Globetrotter extraodinaire
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Rosalind Burford Globetrotter extraodinaire
Born in India, based in the UK, she was working as British Council Director in Korea before coming here with her husband in 2002. She has worked in 12 different countries, ranging from Portugal and China to Indonesia!
?What?s challenging is that, in most countries I?ve lived in, I was present at a moment of crucial change. Whether in the post-communist Czech Republic or in Sierra Leone where people were trying to establish peace, such experiences were wonderful.? One could easily think that after having worked in places such as Sierra Leone, where rebel soldiers were threatening to attack the city at any time, she would find our little island boring, but it is quite the contrary! ?What?s interesting in Mauritius is that it is undergoing many changes to become a cyber island and it?s having to develop its skills to be able to compete in new industries on the world stage.?
Although Rosalind hasn?t been here for very long, she makes it clear that she doesn?t consider herself as an outsider. ?I work so closely with Mauritians that I naturally end up relating to them.? She adds that she cannot help liking them because ?they are so easy to get on with.? She enjoys working with colleagues at various ministries, particularly at the Ministry of Education and training centres such as the IVTB. As well as enjoying her job, Rosalind has a passion for architecture, more precisely for painting buildings with interesting architecture.
Indeed, her eyes light up when she explains how at first she was painting historic buildings that were to be pulled down in her home in Bloomsbury. Now she paints because she ?loves trying to capture the character of a building? She loves Port-Louis, because ?it?s a vibrant place and has wonderful colonial buildings, especially on Place d?Armes.? Her sensitivity is evident when she talks about what she enjoys in Mauritius: ?Watching the boats go out to sea in Black River is a spectacular scene.? All her memories are very visual. Indeed her first impressions of Mauritius were ?stunning mountains and different sea blues? and her best memory is a scene that left an indelible imprint on her mind: ?A huge red flamboyant tree hanging over the road by a green cane field and a woman dressed in white holding a white umbrella underneath it.?
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