Madagascar: Conflicts Of Authority In The Great IslandThe world's fourth largest island, with a unique biological and physical endowment, Madagascar is home to an extraordinary insular civilization that has struggled for more than a century against external domination. In this sensitive introduction to the Indian Ocean's "great island," Philip Allen shows how family affinities and community loyalties at the foundation of Madagascar's culture have influenced Malagasy nationalism and forged island-wide traditions. |
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... creation of the independent state de- sired by the nationalists . This is nothing but a repetition of a colonial propa ... created the Congress Party for the Indepen- dence of Madagascar ( AKFM ) to campaign for a negative vote in de ...
... creation of the independent state de- sired by the nationalists . This is nothing but a repetition of a colonial propa ... created the Congress Party for the Indepen- dence of Madagascar ( AKFM ) to campaign for a negative vote in de ...
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... created two powerful kingdoms , the Menabe in the south and , a generation later ( from about 1712 ) , the Boina in the north around Marovoay and Mahajanga . Both absorbed African immi- grants and , whenever in need of farm labor , went ...
... created two powerful kingdoms , the Menabe in the south and , a generation later ( from about 1712 ) , the Boina in the north around Marovoay and Mahajanga . Both absorbed African immi- grants and , whenever in need of farm labor , went ...
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... created in 1982 to promote collabo- rative island development , Madagascar provided IOC's first secretary - gen- eral , Henri Rasolondraibe . Still , in the early years of association , as each is- land passed through its own ...
... created in 1982 to promote collabo- rative island development , Madagascar provided IOC's first secretary - gen- eral , Henri Rasolondraibe . Still , in the early years of association , as each is- land passed through its own ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
Copyright | |
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administration Africa agricultural AKFM Albert Zafy Althabe ancestral Andriamanjato Antananarivo Antanosy Antsiranana AREMA Betsimisaraka Bloch capital central century Césaire Rabenoro Chaigneau Christian colonial Comoros côtier Country Report cultural debt democratic Didier Ratsiraka domestic domination economic elections elites European export external fanjakana FNDR fokon'olona forces foreign France Francisque Ravony French gasy ideological Indian Ocean institutions investment island Jacques Rabemananjara Jeune Afrique l'océan indien labor leaders Madagas Madagascar Madagascar Paris Madagascar Tribune Mahajanga Mala Malagasy malgache Manandafy Marxist Mauritius MDRM ment Merina military million MONIMA Monja Jaona nationalist party Pavageau peasant percent plateaus political politique population Première république president prime minister production Rabemananjara Ramanantsoa Ranavalona Ratsimandrava Ratsiraka Ravony Razanamasy regime remained Resampa Réunion revolution revolutionary rice rural Sakalava slaves social socialist society structure Third World tion Toamasina trade traditional Tsiranana urban vazaha virtually World Bank Zafy