Stories about Madagascar from November, 2007
Madagascar: Building a wooden boat
Ruth explains how people build wooden boats in Madagascar: “Jean finished building his latest boat 2 weeks ago. It’s a traditional wooden boat built using methods passed down from older fishermen in his district…”
Madagascar: Malagasy ingenuity
Harinjaka writes about tire sandals and other forms of Malagasy ingenuity.
Madagascar: Diaspora and Development.
The Malagasy blogosphere was abuzz with discussions regarding the role of the diaspora in the development of Madagascar. This is a recurrent theme in the Malagasy blogosphere and in African development think-tank in general. Sipakv wrote (Fr) : “Deja a l’epoque, le role de la diaspora se discutait ferme, et...
