Tragedy of Madagascar
An Island Nation Confronts the 21st Century
Published on 25. November 2022
416 pages
978-1-78904-875-9 (ISBN)
Description
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. 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
1,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78904-875-9 (9781789048759)
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11/2022
Chronos Books
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Person
Nathaniel Adams is an attorney in the United States who has traveled to over 25 developing countries to pursue various business and personal interests. He spent over eight months in Madagascar in 2019 researching this book, his first. He lives in Hudson, OH.
