DAVID PICARD & CATARINA NASCIMENTO MOREIRA Hospitality and dispossession in Madagascar

DAVID PICARD & CATARINA NASCIMENTO MOREIRA Hospitality and dispossession in Madagascar

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Drawing on ethnographic data collected among a group of coastal villagers in Southwest Madagascar between 2006 and 2011, this article looks at the relationship between hospitality towards strangers and land dispossession, a major issue of concern in Madagascar, especially given the comparatively recent mineral, energy resource, and stone mining rush in the country. Belief in spirits plays a role in this.
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