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The Creative Genius of the Black Man in the Americas. #dailypromo #blackmusiciansrock #blackmen #blackculture #blackmusic #blackhistory #blackmenrock #blackmanisgod

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Chill Steps. #chillout #chillstep #chillin #blackmusiciansrock #blackmusic #spotify #spotifyplaylist https://open.spotify.com/user/1275480997/playlist/5nnVLgixMsVcZskfFBhc05

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Musician Goals. Refocusing. Writing. Composing. #chillin #blackmusic #blackmusiciansrock @ewosavillage

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Stone Forest - Madagascar

Madagascar is famous for its biodiversity. 90% of the species of flora and fauna found on the island are not found anywhere else in the world. 

The Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park sits on the west coast and and is characterised by its sharp limestone formations that create what is known as the stone forest. These rocks make the forest nearly impenetrable, and are razor sharp, cutting easily through protective clothing and flesh. 

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Madagascar

Souvenirs…

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Carved wooden comb from Madagascar.  Now in the Musée des arts africains, océaniens et amérindiens à la Vieille Charité de Marseille. Photo credit: Rvalette/Wikimedia Commons.

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Tourmaline - Bevoandrano pegmatite, Ikalamavony District, Fianarantsoa Province,  Madagascar

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The Avenue of the Baobabs is a group of baobab trees lining the dirt road between Morondava and Belon'i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region of western Madagascar. The road is one of the most popular and visited places in the country. It’s also the most accessible place to see the Baobab trees in Africa. It’s said to be the most beautiful road in MadagascarThe experience of using this road is very impressive. It’s a row of about 20 - 25 imposing Baobab trees along some 260 m long stretch of the road and in the nearby pastures between Morondava and Belo Tsiribihina. Its striking landscape draws travelers from around the world, making it one of the most visited locations in the region. It has been a center of local conservation efforts, and was granted temporary protected status in July 2007 by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, the first step toward making it Madagascar’s first natural monument.

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This portrait of a beautiful Sakalava woman from Madagascar was taken circa 1900.  

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Calumma parsonii, Ranomafana, Madagascar 

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New Evidence of an Old Migration

Madagascar, off the African coast and about 3,700 miles from Southeast Asia, is home to Malagasy, an Austronesian language. Because of the language connection, it was long theorized that the island was colonized by peoples from what is today Taiwan, Indonesia,and Malaysia perhaps 1,200 years ago. But there was no physical evidence. Well, that seems to have just changed. Recently excavated botanical remains on the Comoros Islands of Asian crops, including rice and cotton, are the first hard proof. Exciting!

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Madagascar

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A small selection of the frogs I photographed in Marojejy, NE Madagascar in 2016. Click the photo to see the species name.

Photos by Mark D. Scherz © 2016.

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Quartz with Fluorite inclusions - Amborompotsy, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

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Rubellite - Antsira, Sahatany Valley, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar            

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Baobab Trees - Madagascar 

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Isalo National Park, Madagascar

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