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Nineteenth-century highland Madagascar was a place inhabited by the dead as much as the living. Ghosts, ancestors and the possessed were important historical actors alongside local kings and queens, soldiers, traders and missionaries. This book considers the challenges that such actors pose for historical accounts of the past and for thinking about questions of presence and representation. How were the dead made present, and how were they recognized or not? In attending to these multifarious encounters of the nineteenth century, how might we reflect on the ways in which our own history-writing makes the dead present? To tackle these questions, Zoë Crossland tells an anthropological history of highland Madagascar from a perspective rooted in archaeology and Peircean semiotics, as well as in landscape study, oral history and textual sources.

Ethnology --- Semiotics --- Dead --- Landscapes --- Merina (Malagasy people) --- Missions --- Ethnology. --- Missions. --- Religion. --- Semiotics. --- Religious aspects. --- Symbolic aspects --- Symbolic aspects. --- 1800-1899. --- Madagascar --- Imerina (Madagascar) --- Madagascar. --- History --- Religion --- Antimerina (Malagasy people) --- Hova (Malagasy people) --- Hovas --- Imerina (Malagasy people) --- Ovah (Malagasy people) --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Dead (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Semeiotics --- Semiology (Linguistics) --- Semantics --- Signs and symbols --- Structuralism (Literary analysis) --- Imerina, Madagascar --- Emyrne (Madagascar) --- Imaïrne (Madagascar) --- Madagaskar --- Democratic Republic of Madagascar --- Repoblika Demokratika n'i Madagaskar --- Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy --- République démocratique de Madagascar --- RDM --- Repoblikan'i Madagasikara --- République de Madagascar --- Repoblikan'i Madakasikara --- Madagasikara --- Republic of Madagascar --- マダガスカル --- Madagasukaru --- מדגסקר --- Malagasy Republic

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How to Read a FoIktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a séries of tests and duels, he and his lover are joyfully united with a marriage that affirms the royal lineage. These fairytale elements link Ibonia with European folktales, but the taie is still very much a product of Madagascar. It contains African-style praise poetry for the hero; it presents Indonesian-style riddles and poems; and it inflates the form of folktale into epic proportions. Recorded when the Malagasy people were experiencing European contact for the first time, Ibonia proclaims the power of the ancestors against the foreigner. Through Ibonia, Lee Haring expertly helps readers to understand the very nature of folktales. His définitive translation, originally published in 1994, has now been fully revised to emphasize its poetic qualities, while his new introduction and detailed notes give insight into the fascinating imagination and symbols of the Malagasy. Haring's research connects this exotic narrative with fundamental questions not only of anthropology but also of literary criticism.

Tales --- Folklore --- Mythology, Malagasy. --- Malagasy mythology --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- folklore --- oral literature --- oral tradition --- African folklore studies --- Ibonia --- Madagascar --- folktales --- tales

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Building God’s Kingdom studies how the encounter with nineteenth century Madagascar influenced the Norwegian Protestant mission. Drawing upon rich Norwegian and Malagasy sources, entangled and multivocal stories are allowed to unfold, revealing the complex dynamics of mission encounters. Tracing Malagasy agency and pursuit of churchly independence in pre-colonial and colonial Madagascar, this study explores the power-struggles between the Malagasy, the missionaries and between the mission in Norway and Madagascar. Through careful attention to context and agency, Karina Hestad Skeie provides new perspectives on the interplay between the local and the global in Christian missions, and on the centrality and restrictions of local agency on mission policy.

Missions, Norwegian --- Norwegian missions --- History --- Madagascar --- Madagaskar --- Democratic Republic of Madagascar --- Repoblika Demokratika n'i Madagaskar --- Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy --- République démocratique de Madagascar --- RDM --- Repoblikan'i Madagasikara --- République de Madagascar --- Repoblikan'i Madakasikara --- Madagasikara --- Republic of Madagascar --- マダガスカル --- Madagasukaru --- מדגסקר --- Malagasy Republic --- Church history --- Missions, Norwegian - Madagascar - History - 19th century. --- Madagascar - Church history - 19th century.

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"La situation économique de Madagascar est singulière à plus d'un titre. D'une part, le niveau de vie des Malgaches ne cesse de régresser depuis l'indépendance en 1960, un cas unique pour un pays qui n'a pas connu de conflits majeurs ; d'autre part, à chaque fois que le pays s'est engagé sur la voie de la croissance, celle-ci a été brutalement interrompue par une crise socio-politique mettant à bas les espoirs suscités. Pour éclairer ce contexte spécifique, les auteurs décryptent l'"énigme" et le "paradoxe" malgaches en procédant à une lecture d'économie politique dans le temps long et en s'appuyant sur des données statistiques de première main. La trajectoire du pays est analysée à l'aune des théories du développement. L'identification des rentes et des stratégies d'acteurs, le rôle de la violence, le fonctionnement des institutions, la sociologie des élites malgaches ainsi que le rapport entre les citoyens et le pouvoir sont également parmi les grands thèmes traités. En dépit de sa spécificité, Madagascar apparaît à la lumière de cette analyse comme emblématique d'une situation commune à de nombreux pays du Nord comme du Sud. La fragilité des coalitions entre élites y nourrit une instabilité systémique d'autant plus grande qu'elle vient se greffer sur un mécontentement populaire récurrent. En effet, même dans les rares périodes fastes, les aspirations au progrès des Malgaches se sont toujours heurtées aux dures réalités du quotidien. Un ouvrage à la fois documenté et accessible, pour mieux comprendre Madagascar et appréhender les différentes dimensions du développement au Sud."--Page 4 of cover.

Économie politique --- Madagascar --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government --- Social conditions. --- Economic policy. --- Madagaskar --- Democratic Republic of Madagascar --- Repoblika Demokratika n'i Madagaskar --- Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy --- République démocratique de Madagascar --- RDM --- Repoblikan'i Madagasikara --- République de Madagascar --- Repoblikan'i Madakasikara --- Madagasikara --- Republic of Madagascar --- マダガスカル --- Madagasukaru --- מדגסקר --- Malagasy Republic --- Economics --- Political Science Public Admin. & Development --- théorie du développement --- théorie économique --- économie politique --- croissance économique --- politique économique --- structure sociale --- rapports sociaux --- anthropologie politique --- crise politique --- crise sociale --- gouvernance

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Between 1600 and 1800, the promise of fresh food attracted more than seven hundred English, French, and Dutch vessels to Madagascar. Throughout this period, European ships spent months at sea in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, but until now scholars have not fully examined how crews were fed during these long voyages. Without sustenance from Madagascar, European traders would have struggled to transport silver to Asia and spices back to Europe. Colonies in Mozambique, Mauritius, and at the Cape relied upon frequent imports from Madagascar to feed settlers and slaves. Jane Hooper draws on challenging and previously untapped sources to analyze Madagascar's role in provisioning European trading networks within and ultimately beyond the Indian Ocean. The sale of food from the island not only shaped trade routes and colonial efforts but also encouraged political centralization and the slave trade in Madagascar. Malagasy people played an essential role in supporting European global commerce, with far-reaching effects on their communities. "Feeding Globalization" reshapes our understanding of Indian Ocean and global history by insisting historians should pay attention to the role that food played in supporting other exchanges.

Slave trade --- History --- Food industry and trade --- Food --- Food preparation industry --- Food processing --- Food processing industry --- Food technology --- Food trade --- Agricultural processing industries --- Processed foods --- Political aspects --- Processing --- Madagascar --- Madagaskar --- Democratic Republic of Madagascar --- Repoblika Demokratika n'i Madagaskar --- Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy --- République démocratique de Madagascar --- RDM --- Repoblikan'i Madagasikara --- République de Madagascar --- Repoblikan'i Madakasikara --- Madagasikara --- Republic of Madagascar --- マダガスカル --- Madagasukaru --- מדגסקר --- Malagasy Republic --- Commerce. --- Politics and government --- E-books