Betafo,_Itasy

Betafo, Arivonimamo

Betafo, Arivonimamo

Village and fokontany in Madagascar

Betafo ("many roofs) is a village and fokontany in the municipality Arivonimamo II,[2] in the district of Arivonimamo, in the region of Itasy, Madagascar.

Quick Facts Country, Region ...
For the town by the same name in Vakinankaratra, see Betafo

Population

The village's inhabitants are said to be divided between descendants of nobles (andriana) and descendants of former slaves (olona mainty, literally "black people"). This aspect was the subject of a study by anthropologist David Graeber.[3] His book, Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar, contains a detailed recounting of the village's oral traditions, full of stories of scandalous murders, magical battles, forbidden romances, and spiteful ancestors sending fires and hailstorms from their tombs.

EPP Betafo Ambohimangakely

References

  1. [1]
    Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  2. [2]
    Mindat.org
  3. [3]
    All Africa


Stub icon

This Itasy Region location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Betafo,_Itasy, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.