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Written, western-inspired literary arts developed in Madagascar shortly after colonization, with its initial emergence in the 1906-1938 period, which can be divided into four phases. The first phase is known as miana-mamindra (learning to walk) in Malagasy and extended from 1906-1914.
That same year he drafted his first book, a short novel written in the Malagasy language. [3] He began to correspond with a wide range of writers around the world, including André Gide, Paul Valéry, Jean Amrouche, [2] Paul Claudel, and Valery Larbaud, [5] and spent large sums to buy books and ship them to Madagascar. [1]
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Hainteny (pronounced [hajnˈtenʲ], Malagasy for "knowledge of words") is a traditional form of Malagasy oral literature and poetry, involving heavy use of metaphor.It is associated primarily with the Merina people of Madagascar. [1]
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Dox wrote prolifically over the course of his career, yielding nine poem anthologies, numerous books in prose, and sixteen plays along Biblical themes or Malagasy history and folk tales. In addition, he wrote a number of plays on commission for various clients, with many commissioned by Boy Scout troupes, although these have since been lost. [ 2 ]
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The Ibonia is an epic poem that has been told in various forms across the island of Madagascar for at least several hundred years. The Ibonia predates the introduction of the printing press in Madagascar in the early part of the 19th century and as such has long been part of the poetic and storytelling oral traditions of the island.