Tragedy of Madagascar
An Island Nation Confronts the 21st Century
Chronos Books · Print & ebook · November 25, 2022
Why has Madagascar has failed to make any meaningful progress since independence?
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- Who it’s for
- Journalism and scholarship trace Madagascar’s political upheaval alongside economic and environmental pressures.
- Themes
- Political upheaval and its aftermath, Young people’s economic prospects, Climate change and drought
- Genres
- African Politics, Colonialism & Its Aftermath, African History
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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.
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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.
Madagascar After 2009
Journalism and scholarship trace Madagascar’s political upheaval alongside economic and environmental pressures.
Come here for
- Interviews with political leaders at national and local levels
- The 2009 coup and its political aftershocks
Expect
- Young people’s bleak economic prospects
- Worsening droughts and climate change in southern Madagascar
Where it sits
| African Politics | 59% |
|---|---|
| African History | 32% |
| Colonialism & Its Aftermath | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- East African History
- African Politics
- East Africa Travel
- Authors
- Nathaniel Adams
- Publisher
- Chronos Books
- Published
- November 25, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Political upheaval and its aftermath · Young people’s economic prospects · Climate change and drought
- Reading lane
- East African History