To the Westerner, many beliefs of the Malagasy, the people of Madagascar, boggle the mind. For starters, the Malagasy believe their ancestors live on in the afterworld, communicating with the ...

Lemurs are central to Madagascar’s biodiversity since they disperse seeds and also pollinate plants. New study shakes up long ...

The Malagasy government is pushing ahead with a controversial highway linking Antananarivo and the port city of Toamasina, ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The Malagasy government aims for self-sufficiency in rice production by 2027, targeting 6 million tons in 2024 and 11 ...

Madagascar is the world’s fifth-largest island, situated in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southern Africa. The country is endowed with considerable natural resources and unparalleled biodiversity.

"Kalonoro are by far the most mysterious, frightening, and bizarre (hafahafa) of the Malagasy spirits," writes the anthropologist Lesley Sharp in The Possessed and Dispossessed (University of ...