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Africa

Madagascar

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Madagascar borders the Mozambique Channel off the east coast of Africa. Since the early Christian era, the Great Red Island has been a melting pot for successive waves of Austronesian, African and Arab settlers.

Malagasy spirituality is intimately related to the ancestors. It has remained primordial for the islanders, despite colonisation and the coming of the missionaries.


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