According to an extensive new mitochondrial DNA study, native Malagasy people today can likely trace their genetic heritage back to 30 different mothers from Indonesia.
The Malagasy Protestant Church in France or (Egliese Protestante Malagache in French) was founded in 1959 by Malagasy students in France with the agreement of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Madagascar.
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The 2009 Camp Capsat mutiny refers to the mutiny of a part of the malagasy army which led to the ousting of Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana on March 17, 2009, and to the nomination of Andry Rajoelina as president of the High transitional authority on March 21, 2009.
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The 2009 Camp Capsat mutiny began near the Malagasy capital of Antananarivo on March 8, 2009.
The use of the word "Andriana" to denote nobility occurs among numerous Malagasy ethnic groups including the Zafiraminia, the Merina, the Betsileo, the Betsimisaraka, the Tsimihety, the Bezanozano, the Antambahoaka and the Antemoro.
The Bemolanga field gives its name to the homonymous song by the Malagasy group, Mahaleo.
Clarisse Andriamampandry Ratsifandrihamanana (Fénérive-Est, December 5, 1926-Antananarivo, June 28, 1987) was a Malagasy writer.
The child of a Malagasy mother and a French father, a financial director at Air France, Verissimo spent her childhood in France, the United States, and Nigeria.
During the Malagasy Uprising of 1947, in Mananjary hundreds of Malagasy were killed, among them 18 women and a group of prisoners thrown from aircraft.
Dimitri Carlos Zozimar or simply Carlos (born February 16, 1988) is a Malagasy footballer.
His classes and research explored Malagasy culture, history, arts and world view.
Emmanuel Rakotovahiny (born 1938) is a Malagasy politician who was Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1995 to 1996.
However, some also speak various local languages, such as Malagasy, or dialects such as Plateau Malagasy and Betsimisaraka Malagasy.
Guy Hubert Mamihasindrahona (born 25 August 1979 in Adema) is a Malagasy footballer, who currently plays for Samut Songkhram.
Jacquot Harinirina (born Antananarivo, 24 February 1981), known as Coco, is a Malagasy rugby union player.
Abraham Samuel, a pirate turned Malagasy king whom he encountered while on a trip to Madagascar.
The Austronesian languages are widely spread across the globe, as far west as Malagasy in Madagascar, as far east as Rapa Nui on Easter Island, and as far as north as the Formosan languages of Taiwan.
The Lavasoa dwarf lemur, named for the Lavasoa Mountains in southern Madagascar, became the sixth known species in 2013 when it was differentiated from the furry-eared dwarf lemur (C. crossleyi) through analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear material performed by a team of German and Malagasy researchers.
On the pro circuit, Kyro has reached two $10,000 doubles finals alongside Malagasy Zarah Razafimahatratra, winning one and losing one.
Mathieu Razanakolona born in Montreal of Malagasy descent, finished 39th out of more than 70 starters in the men's giant slalom.
Madagascar Oil SA (a subsidiary of Madagascar Oil Limited, Bermuda) is a Malagasy company, founded by Sam Malin with others.
The Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena), also known as the votsota or votsovotsa, is a nesomyid rodent found only in the Menabe region of Madagascar.
The Malagasy Kestrel usually nests on rock ledges, in buildings, in tree holes, or in the stick nests of other birds, such as the Pied Crow.
Malagasy shares much of its basic vocabulary with the Ma'anyan language, a language from the region of the Barito River in southern Borneo.
Ninie Doniah is a Malagasy singer and composer of salegy music that originates from the northern coastal area of Madagascar, including her birthplace of Nosy Be.
He has collaborated with numerous Malagasy and international artists, including jazz star Solorazaf.
They most probably were already a distinct lineage by the Turonian (c.90 mya), as the Indo-Malagasy clade must have originated before the split of Madagascar from the Indian Platewhich commenced then and was finished by the end of the Cretaceous.
He is the person who misinterpreted the call of a helpful Malagasy guide who had spotted a lemur and shouted "indri!" ("look!" in Malagasy).
In March 1992, a widely representative National Forum organized by the FFKM (Malagasy Christian Council of Churches) drafted a new Constitution.
The honorific Raden is related to the Malagasy noble titles of Randriana or Andriana, both of which are derived from the word "Rahadyan" (Ra-hadi-an), meaning "Lord" or "Master" in Old Javanese.
Roland Ratsiraka, a Malagasy politician who is nephew of the aforementioned
Again in the fall of 2009, a group of up and coming artists paid tribute to R.R.Majunga in a concert in the Malagasy capital of Antananarivo.
According to family accounts, Emmeline was the daughter of a white planter from Lynchburg, Virginia and a "Malay" Malagasy princess.
The Malagasy Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief Rainilaiarivony tried to resist at Tsarasaotra on 29 June 1895, and at Andriba on 22 August 1895.
English is an example of a "subject first" language, whereas Malagasy is an example of "subject last".
Television stations: Television Malagasy (TVM) has an extensive national network reach; privately owned TV broadcasters in cities and major towns; relays of 2 international broadcasters are available in Antananarivo (2007).
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Radio stations: State-owned Radio Nationale Malagasy (RNM) has an extensive national network reach; privately owned radio broadcasters in cities and major towns; state-run radio dominates in rural areas; relays of 2 international broadcasters are available in the capital, Antananarivo (2007).
Modern anthropological evidence has been used by Mike Parker Pearson and the Malagasy archaeologist Ramilisonina to suggest that timber was associated with the living and stone with the ancestral dead amongst prehistoric peoples.
In 1833, Edward Turner Bennett described the Malagasy fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) and subordinated the Cryptoprocta to the Viverridae.
The web-footed tenrec, otter shrew, or aquatic tenrec (Limnogale mergulus) is the only known semiaquatic Malagasy tenrec (the African otter shrews have similar habits), and is found in eastern Madagascar, especially in and around Ranomafana National Park.
Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa - Malagasy Olympic sprinter and professional Track athlete of the 1970s.