. Eighteen are endemic to Madagascar and five occur in continental African (Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe). The study is based on herbarium material and living plants. The varieties P. baronii var. windsorii and P. rosulatum var. gracilius are raised t…
Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between the descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber arrived for fieldwork at the height of tensions attributed to a disastrous communal ordeal two years earlier. As Graeber uncovers…
An epic account of the power of memory in Madagascar.
This study examines a political-military tradition in Sub-Saharan Africa which has survived colonialism as well as the Cold War. Five modern insurgencies are evaluated: Madagascar 1947, Kenya (Mau Mau) 1952-63, Cameroon (UPC) 1955-70, Congo/Zaire (Kwilu) 1964-68, and Mozambique …
