The double stake of historians' work on the 1947 insurrection in Madagascar

The joint commission announced on Thursday 24 April by Emmanuel Macron will have to explore the repression of the revolt, whose results are estimated at tens of thousands of deaths.

Antananarivo, 25 April, 7:55 a.m. – For a better understanding of history. At the end of his visit to Akamasoa this Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron announces the creation of a joint Franco-Malgache commission of historians to work around the events of 1947. The President Andry Rajoelina and I discussed this morning (Thursday) the creation of a joint commission of historians around 1947, reports the French Head of State. In his intervi…