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Historical Dictionary of Madagascar, second edition. By Philip M. Alien and Maureen Covell. Historical Dictionaries of Africa, No. 98. Lanham, Md: The Scarecrow Press, 2005. Pp. lxxxiii, 420; 3 maps. $90.00.
Historians, social scientists, and all others with an interest in Madagascar owe a debt to Philip M. Alien and Maureen Covell for this comprehensive, well-organized and nicely written reference source on the Indian Ocean island's history. Through short entries on topics ranging from AFFA (a regional political party founded in the 1990s) to ZOAM (an early 1970s revolutionary association of unemployed youth who took inspiration from Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns), Alien and Covell provide essential information on some of the most important movements, events, personalities, groups, sites, and processes in Malagasy history. Also included here are...