Malagasy origins revisited

Abstract

Despite voluminous scholarship involved, scholars have long grappled with the issues of the unknown origin of the Malagasy people. The author examines several hypothesis on migration, particularly those that focus on the African presence in Madagascar - either by themselves or in conjunction with people from Indonesia - and those that argue that South Asians have colonized the island. The article also analyzes the impulses behind the migration and the routes that the Proto-Malagasy have used to reach Madagascar.

Madagascar; migration; colonization