Madagascar: Women of Malagasy Music – Their Side of the Story

24th March 2025
[Afropop] It's Friday, March 8, 2024, International Women's Day and a memorable evening for two men in Madagascar. My colleague Morgan Greenstreet and I are sweating in front of the stage of the Glacier, a bar/hotel/ice cream parlor in the lively Analakely district of the capital, Antananarivo. After twenty minutes of instrumental music played at a gallop by her band, the "princess of salegy" Vaiavy Chila storms the stage, flanked by her backing singers and dancers.

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