Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Parker Pearson, Mike & Godden, Karen
In Search of the Red Slave
Sutton Publishing, UK
2002. An archaeological team goes in search of Robert Drury. An absorbing account
which reads like a whodunit, but is equally interesting as a portrait of the Tandroy
people.
Sibree,J
MadagascarBeforetheConquest:theIsland,theCountry,andthePeople
TFish-
er Unwin, UK 1896. Sibree (with William Ellis) was the main documenter of Madagas-
car during the days of the London Missionary Society. He wrote many excellent books
on the island.
Spong, C
Madagascar: Rail and Mail
Indian Ocean Study Circle, 2003. Available from
Keith Fitton (50
Firlands, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0HR
). £12 plus postage. A mono-
graph detailing the country's philately and railways.
van den Boogaerde, P
Shipwrecks of Madagascar
Eloquent, USA 2009. An overview of
around 100 notable shipwrecks off Malagasy shores.
Ethnography
Astuti, R
People of the sea: Identity and descent among the Vezo of Madagascar
Cam-
bridgeUniversityPress,UK1995.AnacademicexplorationofwhatitmeanstobeVezo.
Bloch, M
From Blessing to Violence
Cambridge University Press, UK 1986. History and
ideology of the circumcision ritual of the Merina people.
Ewins,E
Fihamy:alivinglegend
Blurb,USA2005.AnanalysisofMalagasyoraltradition
in a Masikoro village, centred on a banyan tree. Available from
www.blurb.com
Haring,Lee
VerbalArtsinMadagascar:PerformanceinHistoricalPerspective
University
of Pennsylvania Press, US 1992. Study of Malagasy folklore including more than 100
translated riddles, proverbs,
hainteny
and oratories.
Lambek, M
The Weight of the Past: Living with History in Mahajanga
Palgrave Macmil-
lan, US 2002. The author looks at the role of history in the identity of the Sakalava.
Mack, J
Madagascar: Island of the Ancestors
British Museum, UK 1986. A scholarly and
informative account of the ethnography of Madagascar.
Mack, J
Malagasy Textiles
Shire Publications, UK 1989.
Powe, E L
Lore of Madagascar
Dan Aiki (530
W Johnson St, Apt 210, Madison, WI
53703
), US 1994. An immense work - over 700 pages and 260 colour photos - with a
price to match. This is the only book to describe in detail and in a readable form all 39
ethnic groups in Madagascar.
Ruud, J
Taboo: a Study of Malagasy Customs and Beliefs
Oslo University Press/George
Allen & Unwin, UK 1960. Written by a Norwegian Lutheran missionary who worked
for20yearsinMadagascar.Adetailedstudy
offady,vintana
andotherMalagasybeliefs.
Sharp, L A
The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity and Power in a Mada-
gascar Migrant Town
University of California Press, US 1993. Describes the daily life
and the phenomenon of possession (
tromba
) in the town of Ambanja.
