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

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

Urba Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies of Urbanization

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The Ethnic Heart of Anthropology.

A. Southall — Le cœur ethnique de l'anthropologie. Compte rendu de l'ouvrage collectif édité par J.-L. Amselle et E. M'Bokoio, sur la critique des notions de « tribu » ou d' « ethnie ». L'auteur loue ses collègues français de leur travail de déconstruction d'un concept largement artificiel et suscité, sciemment ou non, par le pouvoir colonial, tant politique que religieux.Southall Aidan. The Ethnic Heart of Anthropology.. In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 25, n°100, 1985. pp. 567-572

Ambositra. Structure sociale d'une petite ville malgache

Southall Aidan. Ambositra. Structure sociale d'une petite ville malgache. In: Tradition et dynamique sociale à Madagascar. Nice : Institut d'études et de recherches interethniques et interculturelles, 1978. pp. 1-30. (Publications de l'Institut d'études et de recherches interethniques et interculturelles, 9

Ambositra. Structure sociale d'une petite ville malgache

Southall Aidan. Ambositra. Structure sociale d'une petite ville malgache. In: Tradition et dynamique sociale à Madagascar. Nice : Institut d'études et de recherches interethniques et interculturelles, 1978. pp. 1-30. (Publications de l'Institut d'études et de recherches interethniques et interculturelles, 9

Interview of Aidan Southall

Interview on 7th July 2005, lasting about one hour, interviewed and filmed by Alan MacfarlaneInterview of Aidan Southall, in which he describes his life, work in Africa and America, and the influences upon him