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Tragedy of Madagascar, The

An Island Nation Confronts the 21st Century

Nathaniel Adams author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Collective Ink

Published:25th Nov '22

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Tragedy of Madagascar, The cover

Why has Madagascar has failed to make any meaningful progress since independence?  A mix of journalism and scholarship, the book is the result of almost nine months spent on the ground in Madagascar travelling and interviewing a wide range of political leaders at the national and local levels, including an unprecedented interview with the country’s former president, Marc Ravalomanana.  The book takes as its point of departure the military coup in 2009 that replaced Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina, and all of the negative aftershocks that followed, as well as including chapters on the bleak economic prospects of young people across the island, the unsustainable population growth that threatens so much of its future and a unique chapter on the effects of climate change on the southern region of Madagascar, where worsening droughts have left millions in humanitarian peril. 

ISBN: 9781789048742

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416 pages