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Monday, April 8, 2002

Madagascar is a lot on my mind lately. First I meet the founders of the Long Island based non-profit organizations Aiza Biby. They invited me to attend the dedication ceremony, where Aiza Biby dedicated 5500 trees, which were planted by school children in Northern Madagascar to the city of New York. The ceremony took place at Ground Zero and included representatives of the mayor's office, the FDNY and the ambassador of Madagascar to the UN.

But then - What is going on in Madagascar? The current political crisis were not discussed at all and it almost felt strange to have lunch with the Ambassador - a distinguished gentleman, who seemed as far away from the situation in his country as most of the world's media. After Afghanistan the global attention went towards the Middle East and maybe Zimbabwe, but Madagascar's sad history of the last 4 months remains widely untold.

The worldwide ignorance of the crises motivated Ian Anderson, editor of the Folk Roots Magazine to write a strong appeal, which is published in the latest edition of AfroPop .
Read it and you can understand the injustice.

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