Quelques sites malgaches en anglais et en français...

Sites officiels ou non consacrés à Madagascar. Références d'ouvrages imprimés consacrés à Madagascar et à la culture malgache.

123 Madagascar

Annuaire de sites Malgaches.
http://www.123madagascar.com/

Addy, Nii A. and Daniel McFarland - Madagascar's Adult Literacy Initiative

"This case study describes the organizational actors that were involved the adoption of a training method in an Adult Literacy Initiative in Madagascar.".
http://edapps.stanford.edu/caselibrary/casedetail.asp?id=32

African Studies Quarterly - Special issue on Madagascar

August, 1999, Vol. 3, No. 2 of the University of Florida, African Studies Center e-journal is a special issue on "The Politics of Conservation in Madagascar."
http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v3/v3i2.htm

Agence universitaire de la Francophonie. Bureau Océan Indien. Antananarivo - Madagascar

Le Bureau Océan Indien de l'Agence universitaire de la Francophonie a ouvert ses portes en septembre 1991 à Madagascar avec son Centre Syfed-Refer (ancienne dénomination des centres d'accès à l'information)." "
Le Bureau Océan indien couvre 6 pays : Comores, Madagascar, Maurice, Réunion (France), Seychelles et Djibouti."Has a directory of universities and research institutes in Madagascar, the Bureau's newsletter, La lettre du BOI.
http://www.ocean-indien.auf.org/

[Antananarivo] Province autonome d'Antananarivo

Histoire abrégée de l'Imerina, Monographie des quatre régions, etc.
http://www.gov-antananarivo.mg/

Anzinger, Gunnar - Governments on the WWW - Madagascar

Liens vers les sites gouvernementaux malgaches. Références
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/mg.html

Association Madagasikara RAVINALA

Projets de Développement-Protection de l'Environnement Promotion du tourisme et de l'éco(tourisme à Madagascar
http://takelaka.dts.mg/amr-ravinala/

BBC Country Profile - Madagascar

Faits historiques sur Madagascar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1063208.stm

California Academy of Sciences - Arthropods of Madagascar

"This project will provide data on patterns of species richness, turnover, and endemism of arthropods in Madagascar, one of the major conservation priorities and one of the least explored biogeographic regions for arthropods on earth." See also - A Model for a Global Inventory of Ants: A Case Study in Madagascar (13 p. in PDF). DNA barcoding for effective biodiversity assessment of a hyperdiverse arthropod group: the ants of Madagascar (10 p. in PDF). Dracula Ants: the Missing Link. Based in San Francisco, California. http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/arthropods_of_madagascar/index.html

CARE - Madagascar

CARE's projects in Madagascar.
http://www.care.org/careswork/countryprofiles/76.asp
Describes CARE's health and community development programs, Mahavelona (including a village school) which was devastated by Cyclone Bonita in 1996, a visit to the Périnet Reserve home to many lemurs, work to save the rain forests of Masoala National Park.
http://www.careusa.org/vft/madagascar/index.asp

Centre d'Information Technique et Economique (Antananarivo)

Publishes & distributes academic, scientific, and legal books on Madagascar.
Has online pamphlets, Cafe a Madagascar, "Le Coton" à Madagascar, "Le Girofle" à Madagascar.
a list of journal articles published in Madagascar, a directory of Madagascar sites.
http://www.cite.mg/

Centre d'Information Technique et Economique (Antananarivo)

20 pages de liens consacrés à Madagascar
http://www.cite.mg/signmad.htm

COMESA, le marché commun de l'Afrique de l'Est et du Sud

"COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading block." Has information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal guides to establishing business, etc.
http://www.comesa.int/

Data Telecom Services (DTS)

Le principal fournisseur d'accès à Madagascar.
http://www.dts.mg/

Earthwatch Institute - Expeditions

Offers expeditions to Madagascar. Earthwatch is a nonprofit organization which supports scientific field research, based in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Madagascar Carnivores - tour to track the "habits of rare endemic carnivores to assure their survival." http://www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/dollar.html

Madagscar's Lemurs - Find, follow, observe, and record behavioral and ecological data on wild black lemurs. http://www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/wright.html

Ecole Vinet de Madagascar

In French. Rural school in Ambohimalaza seeks support. The school was founded in 1904 by the Swiss missionary, Julie Dériaz. Facts about the school and slides.
http://www.ecolevinet.com

Ethnologue - Madagascar

From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 13th ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996), edited by Barbara F. Grimes. For each African country provides no. of speakers, dialects, linguistic affiliation, etc.
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=MG

Gazety Nety

Site en français et malgache. Actualité de Madagascar.
News from the Madagascar news media (print, radio, TV). Includes photographs.
http://www.gazetynety.org/

Global Dialogue (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Published by the Institute for Global Dialogue, Johannesburg. Full text articles online. Topics: Angola, African debt crisis, WTO and Africa, intellectual property in biotechnology, Madagascar, NEPAD, Zambia, Nigeria, DRC, Uganda, HIV/AIDS, Zimbabwe, SADC, Sudan, Angola, trade, etc. Also interviews with Aziz Pahad and Nkosazana Zuma (foreign policy), and others. [KF]
http://www.igd.org.za/

Institut de recherche pour le developpement a Madagascar (Antananarivo)

In French. IRD is the former ORSTOM. Conducts research in health, the environment, society and its relations to the economy. Lists their publications.
http://www.ird.mg/

IRIS, Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (College Park, Maryland)

IRIS, based at the Univ. of Maryland has produced reports on Madagascar. http://www.iris.umd.edu/

Dispute Resolution as an Alternative to the Ordinary Courts in Madagascar: A Guide to Choice in the International Arena, by Louis Aucoin. 1994. 47 p. in Adobe pdf.
Towards an Independent and Accountable Judiciary: Report on Judicial Reform in Madagascar, by Louis Massicotte. 1994. 49 p. in PDF.

Journal de Santé Publique de Madagascar

In French. Abstracts of some articles. http://www.jspm-online.com/

Library of Congress Country/Area Studies Handbooks

Has the full-text of the Army Area Handbooks long used as basic reference sources. Information on the history, society, economy, politics, national security of each country. Covers  Madagascar. One can search across all countries or any combination of countries and browse the table of contents for a specific country. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc/

Madagascar. Assemblee Nationale

In Malagasy and English. Pages may take a while to load. History, the Malagasy Constitution (in French), national assembly deputies by political alliances, by province, by Assembly committees. http://www.assemblee-nationale.mg/

Madagascar. Embassy. Dakar, Senegal

In French. News, visa forms, links to Madagascar government sites, embassies. http://www.ambamad.sn/

Madagascar. Embassy. Switzerland and Représentation Permanente auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies

http://www.madagascar-diplomatie.ch//

Madagascar. Embassy. Washington.D.C.

Includes visa information, travel and tourism, maps, bibliography, videos, links to other Malagasy sites. Includes information from Jean-Marie de La Beaujardière, Honorary Consul of Madagascar in California. http://www.madagascar-consulate.org/embassies-usa.html

Madagascar. Government

In French and Malagasy. Official site. Press communiques, articles from the newspaper, Midi Madagasikara, on the economy, politics, law, society, terrorism in Madagascar, etc. Government reports, directory of government ministries, the Senate, links to related sites. http://www.madagascar.gov.mg/

Madagascar. Institut National de la Statistique

Basic statistics, Economic indicators (Estimation de la population 2002, Indices des prix à la consommation, Indices de production industrielle des entreprises franches, Etablissements formels nouvellement créés à Antananarivo.) Issues of its bulletin (in Malagasy), Sehatra. Lists of its documents with tables of contents. Based in Antananarivo.http://www.cite.mg/instat/index.htm

Madagascar. Ministere de la Culture et du Tourisme

In French. Official site. Invest in the tourism sector. http://www.tourisme.gov.mg/

Madagascar. Ministere de la Justice

In French. Has full text of the Constitution, the penal code, the civil procedure code, lists its publications. http://www.justice.gov.mg/

Madagascar. Ministère des Télécommunications, des Postes et de la Communication

In French. Official site. Has Lettre de Politique Nationale du Secteur des Télécommunications et TIC. http://www.mtpc.gov.mg/

Madagascar Music on CD

List by Ian Anderson of Malagasy music on CD. http://www.frootsmag.com/content/madagascar/cdography/

Madagascar. Presidence

Site présidentiel. Les discours du Président. Photos et divers documents. .
http://www.madagascar-presidency.gov.mg/

Madagascar: Recent Economic Developments (1997)

The full text of International Monetary Fund Staff Country Report No. 97/106 in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, 125 pages.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/CAT/longres.cfm?sk=2422.0

Madagascar. Senat

Site officiel du Sénat Malgache
http://www.senat.mg/

Madagascar. Special Advertising Supplement to the New York Times, April 10, 2003

Full text of a supplement on Madagascar's economy, business opportunities. President Marc Ravalomanana's cabinet. From Summit Communications which produces special sections that appear in the New York Times.
http://www.summitreports.com/madagascar/

Madagascar, the Unknown Island

Maintained by Andry William Ratsimandresy. Information on Malagasy musical instruments, a directory of Madagascar newspapers, a bibliography on Malagasy language and linguistics by

Dr. Charles Randriamasimanana, University of Oxford, Center for Philology, Linguistics & Phonetics, U.K. http://www.ratsimandresy.org/

Malagasy/Indo-australo-malesian Phytogeographic Connections

Technical paper on the geographical distribution of Malagasy plants by George Schatz of the Missouri Botanical Garden. (Paper to be pub. 1996 in W.R. Lourenço (ed.), Biogeography of Madagascar. Editions ORSTOM, Paris.)
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Madagasc/biomad1.html

Malag@sy Miray

In French. Blog on Madagascar. http://malagasymiray.net/

Men, Pierrot - Pierrot Men, Tales of the Island

Photographs of Madagascar by photographer, Pierrot Men, born in Fianarantsoa. On the Tamarin gallery site. http://www.tamarin.com/p-men/pmendire1.html

Mouvement pour le Progrès de Magagascar / Mpitolona ho amin'ny Fandrosoan'i Madagasikara, MFM

In French and Malagasy. Political party founded in December 1972 by Manandafy Rakotonirina. Believes in "l'élaboration d'un Etat, d'une économie dirigée par la masse prolétarienne révolutionnaire...." Party history, manifesto, declarations, interviews, biographies, editorials, news, photographs, and the statutes and charter for the"Collectif Indépendant pour la Défense de la Démocratie à Madagascar" (C.I.D.D.M)". Based in Madagascar. Web site based in Paris, France. [CA] http://nah296.free.fr/

One World Online

Political, social, development news from major press services. Use the Search box to locate articles on Madagascar. http://www.oneworld.net/

Orthodox Christian Mission Center

Is "the Mission and Evangelism Agency of the Orthodox Churches in North America. Originally founded in 1985 as an arm of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America..." Describes their programs in Ghana, Madagascar, Tanzania. http://ww2.goarch.org/goa/organizations/ocmc/

Parcs Nationaux et Réserves Naturelles de Madagascar

In French. Official site. http://www.parcs-madagascar.com/

Permanent Mission [of Madagascar] to the United Nations (Geneva, Switzerland)

In French. Information on Madagascar. Web site based in Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.madagascar-diplomatie.ch//home.php

Permanent Mission of Madagascar to the United Nations (New York)

In English. Includes Fast Facts, travel and trade information. http://www.nyrepermad.org/

Priori

In German, French, Dutch, English. "...a Malagasy company in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar....directed by the Swiss anthropologist Franz Stadelmann, a former aid-worker. With his team of Malagasy collaborators he organises seminars and workshops, evaluations and feasibility studies. And trips....throughout the country: individual trips, study-trips, thematic travels and adventurous trips like river-rafting, trekking, biking and jungle-hiking." http://www.priori.ch/

Randriamasimanana, Charles - References on Malagasy Language and Linguistics

A bibliography on Malagasy language and linguistics by Dr. Randriamasimanana of University of Oxford, Center for Philology, Linguistics & Phonetics, U.K. It includes journal articles. Maintained on the web site of University of Oslo, Norway.http://folk.uio.no/janengh/gassisk/

See also Malagasy Clause Structure, 19 p. in PDF.

SALFA

SALFA, based in Antananarivo, is the Health Department of the Malagasy Lutheran Church (MLC). SALFA trains Malagasy staff and provides continuing education programs and schooling facilities. All centers' medical staffs and administrators are Malagasy. See also Serving Others Abroad, SOA. http://www.salfa-web.org/

Shama Foundation

"a nonprofit organization providing broad-based, in-country educational opportunities for children of..... Madagascar." Provides students with full-tuition scholarships. Based in Buhl, Idaho. http://www.shamafoundation.org/

Sharp, Lesley A. - The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town 1993.

Full text of the book published by the University of California Press (Berkeley). "...portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers,...These women... are far from powerless among the peasants and migrant laborers who work the land in this plantation economy." http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6t1nb4hz/

soc.culture.malagasy

Groupe de discussion à propos de Madagascar. Quelques messages sont en malgache.
news:soc.culture.malagasy .

Smithsonian. National Museum of African Art. Gifts and Blessings. Textile Arts of Madagascar

Very attractive site. "The Malagasy exchange cloth to demonstrate ethnic identity, status and ties of mutual respect and loyalty." Background / history of cloth, photographs, artists' profiles, royalty and diplomatic gifts, role of cloth in funeral customs. Activity pages help students learn about the music, language, and geography of Madagascar
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/malagasy/index.html

Swiss Peace. FAST Early Warning System - Madagascar

Has risk assessment, conflict analysis reports for 2002 and 2003. Reports are c. 7-8 pages in Adobe pdf. Swiss Peace is a peace research institute founded in 1988. "FAST aims at enhancing the political decision makers' ability to identify critical developments in a timely manner [to] ......prevent or limit destructive effects of violent conflict..." Based in Bern, Switzerland.
http://www.swisspeace.ch/typo3/en/peace-conflict-research/early-warning/countries/index.html#c969

Tarika Roots

On Folk Roots magazine's web site. Provides the tour schedule and discography for the TARIKA roots music group.
http://www.frootsmag.com/tarika/ or http://www.tarika.nu/

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members - Madagascar

Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-m/madagascar.html

United States. Central Intelligence Agency. CIA World Factbook - Madagascar

Basic facts on the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Includes a map.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html

United States. Department of State. Report on Human Rights Practices - Madagascar

2006 Report, 2005 Report, 2004 Report, 2003 Report, 2002 Report, 2001 Report, 2000 Report, 1999 Report, 1998 Report, 1997 Report, 1996 Report, 1993-1995 Reports.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

United States. Embassy. Madagascar

U.S. Ambassador's biography, U.S. - Africa relations, visa information, holidays observed, the Peace Corps in Madagascar, USAID assistance to Madagascar, etc
http://www.usmission.mg/

Université d'Antananarivo

Informations sur la Faculté de Médecine et autres facultés, L'Institut de Civilisations-Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, Institut pour la Maîtrise de l'Energie, l'Institut & Observatoire de Géophysique d'Antananarivo, Laboratoire des Radioisotopes.
http://www.univ-antananarivo.mg/

Université de Fianarantsoa

L'Université de Fianarantsoa et de l'Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Environnement, la Faculté de Droit, la Faculté des Sciences.
http://www.univ-fianar.mg/

Universite de Mahajanga

L'université de Mahajunga et de l'Institut d'Odonto-Stomatologie Tropicale de Madagascar http://www.refer.mg/edu/minesup/mahajang/mahajang.htm

Université Nord Madagascar

Présentation de l'Université du Nord de Madagascar de Diego Suarez (Antsiranana).
http://www.refer.mg/edu/minesup/antsiran/antsiran.htm

Université de Toamasina

In French. Includes information on the various centers - Centre d' Études et de Recherches Ethnologiques et Linguistiques, Centre d' Enseignement de Langues Vivantes Appliquées, Centre pour l' Environnement et le Développement Intégré, Centre de Formation pour l' Entrepreneuriat, on the École Nationale Supérieure des Douanes, Educapole: Université Virtuelle Francophone.
http://www.refer.mg/edu/minesup/toamasin/toamasin.htm

Université de Toliara

http://www.univ-toliara.mg/

University of Pennsylvania African Madagascar Page and Search Engine

Maps, embassy directory, travel, language information, etc., created by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a search facility for their very large web site. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Madagascar.html

Wanadoo Madagascar

In English and Malagasy. Has a directory of Madagascar web sites, news, the economy, sports, culture, TV schedules, etc. Internet service provider whose major shareholder is France Télécom.
http://www.wanadoo.mg/

Wild Madagascar

On Madagascar's biological and cultural richness. Maps (satellite map with parks, cities, and roads labeled, political, vegetation, environment, soil degradation, etc. most from FAO). Describes the environment, wildlife, birds, flora. Photographs by Butler and others. Maintained by Rhett A. Butler
http://www.wildmadagascar.org