Je suis de Madagascar

Dajour Davis

Madagascar on the map of AfricaMap of Madagascar

Interesting Facts • The capital of Madagascar is Antananarivo• Madagascar is home to approximately 15 million people• Madagascar’s government is a republic• Top tourist attractions1. Ile Sainte Marie2. Isalo National Park3. Tsingy de Bemaraha4. Nosy Be5. Avenue of the Baobabs6. Ifaty7. Royal Hill of Ambohimanga8. Andasibe-Mantadia9. Masoala National Park10. Ranomafana National Park

Interesting Facts (continued)• The economy of Madagascar is overwhelmingly agricultural, largely of a

subsistence type; the best farmland is in the east and northwest. The principal cash crops are coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, and cocoa. The main food crops are rice, cassava, beans, bananas, and peanuts. In addition, large numbers of poultry, cattle, goats, sheep, and hogs are

raised. Fishing and forestry are also important.• By 1904 the French fully controlled the island. Under the French, who governed the

Malagasy through a divide-and-rule policy, development was concentrated in the Tananarive region, and thus the Merina benefited most from colonial rule. Merina nationalism developed early in the 20th cent., and in 1916 (during World War I) a Merina secret society was suppressed by the French after a plot against the colonialists was discovered.

• During World War II, Madagascar was aligned with Vichy France until 1942, when it was conquered by the British; in 1943 the Free French regime assumed control. From 1947 to 1948 there was a major uprising against the French, who crushed the rebellion, killing between 11,000 and 80,000 (estimates vary) Malagasy in the process. As in other French colonies, indigenous political activity increased in 1956, and the Social Democratic party (PSD), led by Philibert Tsiranana (a Tsimihety), gained predominance in Madagascar.

Madagascar Art

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