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| Republic of Madagascar Repoblikan'i Madagasikara République de Madagascar | |
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| Capital and largest city | Antananarivo |
| Official languages | Malagasy French |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
• President | Andry Rajoelina |
• Prime Minister | Christian Ntsay |
| Area | |
• Total | 587,041 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 28,172,462 |
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country off the coast of East Africa.
History[edit | edit source]
The Democratic Movement for Malagasy Rejuvenation (MDRM) rebelled against the French colonizers in 1947. They began a ten-year guerrilla war for independence in which French killed tens of thousands of Malagasy.[1]
Madagascar had a Marxist–Leninist socialist government from 1975 to 1992, under the leadership of Didier Ratsiraka and the Malagasy Revolutionary Party.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Paris' (p. 5). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]