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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... words appear in all dialects of Malagasy . Migrations from Africa also un- doubtedly persisted until the sixteenth century , stopping because of Portu- guese and later European mastery of the seas.25 By then , however , Madagas- car had ...
... words appear in all dialects of Malagasy . Migrations from Africa also un- doubtedly persisted until the sixteenth century , stopping because of Portu- guese and later European mastery of the seas.25 By then , however , Madagas- car had ...
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... words and deeds wherever the failure of the 1857 conspiracy had frozen them . " 68 The new king seemed to consider himself a European , and a relatively advanced once at that . But he was also entirely under the influence of a Fal ...
... words and deeds wherever the failure of the 1857 conspiracy had frozen them . " 68 The new king seemed to consider himself a European , and a relatively advanced once at that . But he was also entirely under the influence of a Fal ...
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... words of the ancestors ; refers to rules imposed by tradition on the liv- ing . tompon'tany : masters of the land , often referring to Vazimba or others encountered in early migrations of Merina and other peoples . tromba : spirit ...
... words of the ancestors ; refers to rules imposed by tradition on the liv- ing . tompon'tany : masters of the land , often referring to Vazimba or others encountered in early migrations of Merina and other peoples . tromba : spirit ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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