Reconstructing the history of Madagascar. An interview with novelist Michèle Rakotoson (in French)
In my queue...
French conquest (1894), quelling a popular uprising with massacres (1947), student revolt (1972), GenZ revolution (2025).
via bsky @BSfr
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/la-marche-du-monde/20260404-comment-restituer-l-histoire-de-madagascar
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La marche du monde - Comment restituer l’Histoire de Madagascar ?
Au fil du récit de vie de Michèle Rakotoson née en 1948 à Madagascar, un an après les massacres de 1947 qui ont bouleversé les destins de son père et de son oncle, nous revenons sur l’histoire longue de la colonisation depuis la conquête de la Grand Isle par l’armée de l’Empire français à partir de 1894 jusqu’à la révolte étudiante de 1972, dont la mémoire fait écho à la révolution Gen Z de 2025.
"Madagascar has charged 13 suspects, including a general, over an alleged plot to assassinate interim leader Michael Randrianirina"
via xitter @africanews
https://www.africanews.com/2026/04/03/madagascar-13-charged-in-plot-to-kill-interim-leader-randrianirina/
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Madagascar: 13 charged in plot to kill interim leader Randrianirina | Africanews
Madagascar has charged 13 suspects, including a general, over an alleged plot to assassinate interim leader Michael Randrianirina, as the country grapples with political unrest following last year’s protests.
A "Believable Easter" sale at a local supermarket. Doubting Thomas demands to see the holes in those prices.
At Carrefour, Akorondrano
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Shredding on my daughter's ukulele. Would you believe I found a Harley Benton uke in a Madagascan supermarket?
One of my kabosys looks on jealously.
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I finally saw a mole cricket — rather than just hearing them chirping loudly and invisibly below my lawn.
This one was lost; on a 4th story windowsill.
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I finally went to Extrême Buritos in Antananarivo. I tried the "chicken cheese." It had a hotdog running down the middle of it. Other than that it was ... burrito-esque.
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Ted Johnson
