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    Expropriated from the hereafter: the fate of the landless in the Southern Highlands of Madagascar

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    During the period following the abolition of slavery by the French colonial government in 1896, the Southern Highlands of Madagascar was settled by ex-slaves. These early settlers constructed a foundation myth of themselves as tompon-tany, or 'masters of the land', a discourse not only equating land with tombs, kinship and ancestors, but also coupled with a skilful deployment of 'Malagasy customs'. In order to exclude later migrants who also wanted to settle, the 'masters of the land' attempted to establish control over holdings in the area. To this end, and to reinforce their own legitimacy as landholders, the tompon-tany labelled subsequent migrants andevo ('lave' or of 'slave descent') who - as a tombless people - have no rights to land. Because they have neither tombs nor ancestors, the landless andevo are socially ostracised and economically marginalised. As an 'impure people', they are not entitled to a place in the hereafter

    Description de quelques animaux nouveaux d\ue9couverts, pendant l\u27ann\ue9e 1869, sur la c\uf4te ouest de Madagascar

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    Volume: 21Start Page: 337End Page: 34

    Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux d\ue9couverts a Madagascar en 1870

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    Liste des reptiles nouveaux d\ue9couverts, en 1866, sur la c\uf4te sud-ouest de Madagascar

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    Volume: 19Start Page: 232End Page: 23

    Description de quelques animaux nouveaux d\ue9couverts a Madagascar en novembre 1869

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    Volume: 22Start Page: 49End Page: 5

    Ethnographie de Madagascar /

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    Tome 1, 1e ptie: 404 p., [10] leaves of plates (1 folded); t. 1, 2e ptie: p. 405-711; t. 2: 376 p., 17 leaves of plates; t. 3, texte: 633 p.; t. 3, planches: 16 leaves of plates; t. 4: 540 p.Tome 1 issued in 2 pts. with individual titles: 1e ptie: Origine et division des indigènes; 2e ptie: Les étrangers.Imprint varies: Paris : Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, 1924-1928.Tome 4 by Guillaume Grandidier.Includes bibliographies and indexes.t. 1. Les habitants de Madagascar : leur origine, leur division et leur répartition. 1908 -- t. 2. Les habitants de Madagascar : leur aspect physique, leurs caractères intellectuels et moraux. La vie sociale à Madagascar : la famille malgache. 1914 -- t. 3. Les habitants de Madagascar : la famille malgache (fin). Rapports sociaux des Malgaches. Vie matérielle à Madagascar. Les croyances et la vie religieuse à Madagascar. 1917-1924 -- t. 4. Agriculture, forêts, élevage, industrie et commerce, travaux publics et moyens de transport, éducation, médecine. 1928.Mode of access: Internet

    Observations sur les \uc6pyornis de Madagascar

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    Volume: 118Start Page: 122End Page: 12
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