...Jeanne Dina In this article Masikoro identity is linked to the Sakalava of western and northwestern Madagascar. An analysis that associates two ritual objects, the hazomanga (a wooden pole symbolizing a lineage, sometimes shaped like a cross,upon which sacrificial blood is consecrated to ones raza...

..., exist and live between Vezo—fishers—of the coast and Masikoro—agro-breeders—of the interior. They live by being distinct from each other, even if ‘‘their economic strategies intermingle and even if today the three...

... as such. The Mikea of southwestern Madagascar are associated with the forest and foraging and contrasted with Vezo fishers and Masikoro agropastoralists, yet these groups and their economic strategies both intermingle. Mystique, pride, stigma, and resource claims together provide diverse, often conflicting...

.... From the anthropological point of view one does not note any difference between a Mahafale and a Tandriake, between a Tanalana and a Sara, between a Masikoro and a Vezo, between a Sakalava and a Sakalava-Vezo. Bernard Koechlin...

... southern Madagascar. James W. Yount, Tsiazonera, and Bram T. Tucker report on the Mikea, Jeanne Dina on the Masikoro, and Man- saré Marikandia on the Vezo, three groups from western Madagascar. Two more articles are not about...

... in it help them keep track of their Mikea identity in a contemporary context of hyphenated identities: Vezo-Mikea and Masikoro-Mikea, in which economic flexibility is favored over spe- cialization. The authors are able...

... ‘‘Tandroy ‘‘Vezo and ‘‘Masikoro I will not often use these ethnonyms here. Instead, I refer to a group of cactus pastoralists all with different lineages and territories. This points to an important similarity between...