The Malagasy Republic: Madagascar Today
Author: Virginia Thompson
Publisher: Stanford, U. P
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13:
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Africa Yearbook Volume 16
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-09-25
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9004430016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people.
First-Century Christians in Twenty-First Century Africa
Author: Nathan P. Devir
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-02-28
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9004507701
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMillions of African Christians who consider themselves genealogical descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel—in other words, Jewish by ethnicity, but Christian in terms of faith—are increasingly choosing a religious affiliation that honors both of these identities. Their choice: Messianic Judaism. Messianic adherents emulate the Christians of the first century, observing the Jewish commandments while also affirming the salvational grace of Yeshua (Jesus). As the first comparative ethnography of such "fulfilled Jews" on the African continent, this book presents case studies that will enrich our understanding of one of global Christianity’s most overlooked iterations.
Madagascar
Author: Solofo Randrianja
Publisher: C Hurst
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781850658924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe island of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa, is home to some of the worlds most celebrated plant and animal species, including the baobab and lemur. But few know the history of this environmentally strategic place.
Made in Madagascar
Author: Andrew Walsh
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2012-10-04
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1442694750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the 1990s, the Ankarana region of northern Madagascar has developed a reputation among globe-trotting gemstone traders and tourists as a source of some of the world's most precious natural wonders. Although some might see Ankarana's sapphire and ecotourist trades as being at odds with each other, many local people understand these trades to be fundamentally connected, most obviously in how both serve foreign demand for what Madagascar has to offer the world. Walsh explores the tensions and speculations that have come with the parallel emergence of these two trades with sensitivity and a critical eye, allowing for insights into globalization, inequality, and the appeal of the "natural." For more information, and to read a hyperlinked version of the first chapter online, visit https://madeinmadagascar.wordpress.com.
Field Guide to the Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
Author: Roger Safford
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-12-12
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 147297901X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis major new field guide covers Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, including the Seychelles, Coromos and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). The Malagasy region contains one of the most extraordinary concentrations of biodiversity in the world. Its recognition as a zoogeographic region in its own right has recently been confirmed and, all taxa combined, the region was found to hold the second most distinct assemblage of vertebrates in the world after the Australian region, despite being the smallest of them all. This Helm Field Guide covers the whole of the Malagasy region, which comprises the unique island of Madagascar and the various islands and archipelagos of the Indian Ocean including the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). Every resident and migrant species is covered in full detail with a colour distibution map for each. Vagrants are also treated in detail, but without maps. All species are illustrated on a beautiful series of 124 colour plates, with artwork from John Gale and Brian Small. Conveniently, the plates have been arranged so that all the key species of the various archipelagos are placed together in sections. This is a major work of reference on the birds of the region and will remain the standard text for many years to come.
An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895
Author: Gwyn Campbell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-03-14
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780521839358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive economic history of pre-colonial Madagascar, this study examines the island's role from 1750 to 1895 in the context of a burgeoning international economy and the rise of modern European imperialism. This study reveals that the Merina of the Central Highlands attempted to found an island empire and through the exploitation of its human and natural resources build the economic and military might to challenge British and French pretensions in the region. Ultimately, the Merina failed due to imperial forced labour policies and natural disasters, the nefarious consequences of which (disease; depopulation; ethnic enmity) have in traditional histories been imputed external capitalist and French colonial policies.
Wildlife of Madagascar
Author: Ken Behrens
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2016-10-25
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 140088067X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar's wildlife The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world's great natural treasures and ecotourism destinations. Despite being an island, it is home to nearly an entire continent’s variety of species, from the famous lemurs to a profusion of bizarre and beautiful birds, reptiles and amphibians. Wildlife of Madagascar is a compact and beautifully illustrated photographic guide, and an essential companion for any visitor or resident. With an eye-catching design, authoritative and accessible text and easy-to-use format, it provides information on identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour, biology and conservation for all the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and butterflies likely to be seen. The most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar’s wildlife Attractive layout features more than 900 stunning colour photographs Covers the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and butterflies, and some of the other invertebrates and plants, most likely to be seen Provides key information about identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour and conservation Introductory sections provide background information on Madagascar and its unique environments
Historical Dictionary of Madagascar
Author: Maureen Covell
Publisher: African Historical Dictionarie
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the topics necessary to understand past and present Malagasy society and politics.
Puzzle and Paradox
Author: Mireille Razafindrakoto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-02-06
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1108488331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyses the economic and political history of Madagascar from independence to the early twenty-first century.
