Masikoro (Malagasy people)
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Name (Latin)
Masikoro (Malagasy people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Madagascar
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q18390249
Library of congress:
sh2002009861
Sources of Information
- Ethnohistory:v. 48, no. 1-2, p. 237 (Walsh, A. When Origins Matter)
- Google search, July 12, 2002(Sakalava "Among the independent clans grouped generally under "Sakalava" the Vezo and Masikoro are the best known)
Wikipedia description:
The Masikoro are a group of farmers and herders who inhabit areas surrounding the Mikea Forest, a patch of mixed spiny forest and dry deciduous forest along the coast of southwestern Madagascar in Toliara Province. Along with Vezo and Mikea, the Masikoro are Sakalava people, the difference being that Masikoro are of the land, Vezo are of the sea, and Mikea are of the forest.
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