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Cuisine of Madagascar traditionally consists of a base of rice with some form of accompaniment, although in the southwest rice may be supplemented or replaced by maize that has been dried, ground and reconstituted. Cuisines of France, China, India, and to a lesser extent East African and Arabian cultures have all made their influence felt in Madagascar ... Read more

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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a 2008 sequel to the 2005film Madagascar, about the continuing adventures of Alexthe Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloriathe Hippo. It is directed by Eric Darnell and written byEtan Cohen. It stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock,David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen,Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter. Also providingvoices are Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Sherri Shepherd andwill.i.am. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation anddistributed by Paramount Pictures, and was released onNovember 7, 2008. The film starts as a prequel, showing asmall part of Alex's early life, including his capture byhunters. It soon moves to shortly after the point where theoriginal left off, with the animals deciding to return toNew York. They board an airplane in Madagascar, but crash- land in Africa, where each of the central characters meetsothers of the same species; Alex is reunited with hisparents. Problems arise, and their resolution occupies muchof the remainder of the film. The previous titlewas "Madagascar: The Crate Escape", which was featured on ateaser trailer with Ben Stiller. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Merry Madagascar was a Christmas special first broadcast on the NBC network on November 17, 2009, which starred the characters from the Madagascar film series. The story appears to take place sometime between the first and second film. It featured many of the same voices from the film (except Sacha Baron Cohen, who was replaced by Danny Jacobs, who voices Julien in the TV series), including Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Carl Reiner provided the voice of Santa Claus. As the story begins, Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria attempt to escape Madagascar and return to New York using a hot air balloon they built, only to be thwarted by the lemur population, led by King Julien, who mistake them for the "red night goblin" that visits every year at this time, the 24th of "Julianuary". Immediately after that, the "red night goblin" appears and begins showering the island with coals. ... Read more

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These essays by one of anthropology's most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves? What connects the "social recalling" studied by anthropologists to the "autobiographical memory" studied by psychologists? Now gathered in accessible form for the first time and drawing frequently upon the author's fieldwork among the Zafimaniry of Madagascar for ethnographic examples, the twelve closely linked essays of How We Think They Think pose provocative challenges not only to conventional cognitive models but to the basic assumptions that underlie much of ethnography. This book will be read with interest by those who study culture and cognition, ethnographic theory and practice, and the peoples and cultures of Africa. ... Read more