Madagascar
Great granddaughters of Madagascar king executed by French troops demand return of his skull
Two great-granddaughters of a Sakalava king in Madagascar, who was executed by colonial troops in 1897, have asked the French ambassador to expedite the return of their ancestor’s skull. They are also seeking restitution for two additional skulls belonging to Sakalava individuals. These remains were plundered during the late 19th-century French colonial conquest and are…
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Madagascar’s Avenue of Baobabs: the site where legend says star-crossed lovers turned into trees
The baobab trees in the Avenue of Baobabs in Madagascar are thousands of years old. The Avenue...
