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...MADAGASCAR Bad Loser Ongoing protests against the results of December's elections caused chaos in the capital, Antananarivo, and pushed President Didier Ratsiraka to declare martial law. Opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana claimed to have won, even though official polling figures showed he had drawn less than half the vote. Though Ratsiraka, who has been in power for 23 years, continued to occupy the presidential palace, Ravalomanana declared himself President...
...MADAGASCAR Poll Rivals Talk The Organization of African Unity came to the rescue to resolve a crisis over disputed results in December's presidential election. OAU chief Amara Essy brought President Didier Ratsiraka and opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana together for talks to end masssive protests over the poll. The second round of voting has been postponed until a commission representing both sides can find a way forward...
...MADAGASCAR Having Their Say Hundreds of thousands of people joined opposition rallies in Antananarivo, the capital, as antigovernment forces pledged to press on with a strike that has paralyzed the country for two weeks. Opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana claims to have won the Dec. 16 presidential vote but says that backers of incumbent Didier Ratsiraka rigged results to force a runoff...
...Social Studies concentrator spent last summer in Mauritius doing research for his thesis on the relationship between economic development and ethnic diversity in the region. He managed to save enough money on food and housing that he was also able to visit Tanzania, where he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Madagascar, where he met the only Korean family on the whole island. Familiar with the Korean food his own family eats, Albert tasted a blend of Korean and Madagasci cuisine, in which unripe bananas replaced traditional potatoes. More recently, he flew to Qatar courtesy of Harvard grants and the International Center...
...alternative to the homogenized pop culture Rasoanaivo decries, Tarika offers Madagascar's folk music, which combines the traditions of Indonesia and the African mainland (Indonesians settled the island thousands of years ago). Vocal harmonies as warm and light as Bornean breezes blend seamlessly with playful African polyrhythms. The disparate elements are held together by the rock-solid consistency of Randrianasolomalala Victor's drumming and the conviction in Rasoanaivo's vocals: the soul, perhaps, referred to in the album title...