French people in Madagascar

which are people that come from Madagascar. The Malagasy people called these lemurs Babakoto because in their language it means “father”. Baba is translated as father and Koto is translated as a kid (Mittermeier). Going deeper into its name meaning and its mythology, the Malagasy legend goes that one day a man who went to the forest and did not come back and due to his disappearance, his son went after him searching for his father, but the son also disappeared. Later, when the town people went…

Music and dance in Madagascar is more impromptu and it is not uncommon to see someone express themselves emotionally through song and dance, or for a group of villagers to get together and play. As this is more of a jam scenario there is more concern among the musicians about keeping rhythm than exploring linear chord progressions or melodic patterns (Koskoff). Finally, modern Malagasy music does incorporate the traditional instruments and techniques listed above. But a band composed of modern…

social structure by encouraging new ideas and propelling each other into the modern age. When one thinks about the industrial revolution they often figure that the movement began in England however, the industrial revolution began thanks to the people living in South East Asia. In the entire south East Indian region the sub-continent of India became one of the most powerful and desired trade partners. Due to its strategic position in the Indian Ocean, India became a connection cite among…

Adam Rodriguez II Fn 228.01 Comoros History of the Culture The history of the Comorian people dates back to sixth century AD, in which there was an influx of Arab, Austronesian and African people that settled on the Islands by arriving on boat (Chapin Metz, 1994). These original settlers were followed by people for all over the African continent such as the coast, Persian gulf as well as Madagascar. Originally each island housed one village that was central to it, but as time progressed and the…

and authority in its government that it needed. The people during this time of disunion were the Berber people. The Berber people “lived in large familial tribes and there was no actual recognized government over the area.” Instead, the Berber people lived according to the guidelines and laws of their tribal leaders. The first to invade the Berber people were the Phoenicians. The Phoenicians took a large number of settlements from the Berber people. After the Phoenicians, Morocco was then…

does have convenience when it comes to getting to your destination below ground but only the subway passes through; unlike Grand Central Terminal that has the subway and the Metro-North Railroad. Another thing that stands out to me is the mix of people who are commuting to work and the tourists. It is very easy to pick out who is the commuter and who is the tourist,…

an agent of counterespionage discovered a note, now known as the Bordereau, which included information about a new gun, information about different troops, artillery formation, information about Madagascar movements, and a draft for a firing manual. The firing manual was the most concerning to the French, who had discovered it since it was so difficult to obtain. This led to an immediate search to find the agent within the ranks who was spying for the Germans. Eventually, one of the main…

through military force or through diplomacy. The former tended to be the method of choice for most of the colonies. Although France and Great Britain had many colonies in Africa the way in which they ruled their colonies was vastly different; the French used a more “hands on” approach, handling problems as they came up in their colonies in North Africa, and the British had taken steps to prevent war by “[ruling] through native authorities”, developing treaties and going to war only when needed…

Reflection questions for you based on the Scramble for Africa activity: 1.) How closely does your map reflect what actually happened? For the most part, the map composed during our class period did not closely reflect what actually occurred in Africa. The French empire was on the money, conquering predominantly Northwest Africa in both maps. However, during our class period the British had conquered an insignificant amount of land in comparison to what they were supposed to have controlled,…

state of anarchy and vulnerability. The Moroccan people as a whole were lost in a sea of uncertainty because of a weak leader and constant foreign threats. The last free Arab nation finally lost its freedom and independence in 1900, when…