#indianocean — Public Fediverse posts
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Tsapiky!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tsapiky/
“Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar” is a compilation of music recorded live on location in various parts of the island.
In Toliara and its surrounding region, funerals, weddings, circumcisions and other rites of passage have been celebrated for decades in ceremonies called mandriampototse. During these celebrations – which last between three and seven days […]
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US Air Force flight from New Zealand to Antarctica turns back after Russian space warning
A U.S. Air Force cargo flight traveling from New Zealand to Antarctica unexpectedly turned around after a warning…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Antarctica #Indian #IndianOcean #NewZealand'sCivilAviationAuthority #russian #Space.com #TheU.S.AirForce #U.S.AirForce #World
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Amazing beaches of Zanzibar.
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ Heard Island and McDonald Islands ✧
Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an external territory of Australia in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau. It is about 4,000 km (2,500 mi) south-west of the Australian mainland and 1,700 ...
#hearisland #mcdonaldislands #australia #indianocean #australianantarcticterritory #wikipedia
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Dinner down at the #ScarboroughBeach #SunsetMarkets here in #NoongarCountry .
We were treated to a stunning sunset over the #IndianOcean. The anonymous couple in front of us provided the perfect framing.
#Nikon #P900 postprocessed in #Snapseed. #Photography
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Why Australia’s weather is seeing a soaking while a record El Niño is forming
El Niño is synonymous with drought in Australia, but another rainband is lining up to soak the nation…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BOM #BureauOfMeteorology #Climatechange #ElNiño #heat #IndianOcean #LaNiña #outlook #pacific #rainband #rainfall #record #recordtemperatures #seniorclimatologistZhi-WengChua #spring #summer #TopNews #TopStories #weatherforaustraliansummer #winter
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Their African Islands Were Set to Be Decolonized. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran.
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Mauritius keeps its best scenery right at the water's edge.
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Anatomy Of A Seafloor Spreading Event Captured By In Situ Seismogeodesy
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10785-0 <-- shared paper
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-scientists-witness-the-seafloor-spread-in-real-time-giving-them-a-rare-glimpse-at-a-mysterious-geologic-process-180989123/ <-- shared technical media article
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H/T @Seabed 2030
“🔍 For the first time, scientists have observed seafloor spreading in real time.
Seafloor spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges - a geological process that has shaped entire ocean basins over millions of years.
During a research expedition in the Indian Ocean, scientists had just deployed a suite of instruments when a series of earthquakes triggered a seafloor spreading event, allowing them to observe the process as it unfolded.
The findings offer rare new insights into how new oceanic crust forms and how the seafloor continues to evolve…”
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“Earth’s outermost layer - the crust - is constantly renewing itself. It’s broken into giant chunks called tectonic plates that pull apart, push against or slide past one another, creating grand geologic features.
Underwater mountain ranges, or mid-ocean ridges, for instance, generally take shape where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other. Magma can then bubble up in between, solidifying and turning into new oceanic crust as part of a process called seafloor spreading. Although the phenomenon has created entire ocean basins, it remains quite mysterious because it happens so deep in the water.
Now, for the first time, scientists have observed this dynamic activity happening in real time. They describe their findings - and their stroke of luck - in a study [link above], shedding light on a mechanism that made roughly two-thirds of Earth’s crust…”
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#Seabed2030 #OceanMapping #Hydrospatial #remotesensing #seafloor #seafloorspreading #oceanic #crust #geology #structuralgeology #IndianOcean #earthquake #midoceanridge #instrumentation #marine #seabed #hydrography #model #modeling #mapping #GIS #spatial #tectonicplates #magma #fortuitous #survey #seismogeodetic #monitoring #submarine #rifting #observation #volcanism #seismicity #dyke #fault #faulting #midoceanridge #MOR -
How Trump’s Iran ‘own goal’ is hitting long-term US strategy to contain Chinese influence
The United States has spent decades trying to blunt China’s strategic rise. Yet in the Middle East, sanctions…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Afghanistan #Beijing #BeltandRoadInitiative #breakingnews #centralasia #Chabahar #China #chinapakistaneconomiccorridor #DonaldTrump #Eurasia #Gwadar #India #IndianOcean #Iran #StraitofHormuz #UnitedStates
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Zanzibar keeps its stories where the tide leaves them.
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Underwater Images From the Seychelles
Photographs from a week of diving in the inner Seychelles — most shot from the liveaboard S.Y. Sea Bird, the rest from resort boat dives off Mahé. Seven galleries: reef, batfish, nudibranchs, octopus, ambush predators, echinoderms and coral restoration.https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/07/26/underwater-images-from-the-seychelles/
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3MA – AnaRouz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/3ma-anarouz-espoir-hope/
3MA = Ballaké Sissoko (Kora), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Rajery (Valiha)
AnaRouz (Espoir/Hope) is an album released in 2017.
3MA is the meeting of three string-instrument virtuosi, emblematic of their countries in Africa, but also of generous artists who share a musical passion, a reciprocal dialogue and a beautiful friendship. In 2006 when the Malian […]
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The Maldives is 1,192 islands. None of them rise more than 1.8 meters from the sea.
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Ukrainian defense firm Skyfall unveils new JetKiller interceptor drone . . . . . Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery, explosions seen near 'Russia's Amazon' logistics hub . . . . . 13 more Russian shadow fleet vessels struck in Azov Sea and Black Sea over last 2 days . . . . . Russians are furious about Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief Drapatyi . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/thursday-july-23-2026/
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The Dizzy Brains
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dizzy-brains-maso-mahita/
The Dizzy Brains is a garage rock band, as there are many around the world, except they are from Madagascar, one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world.The quartet started their music career 10+ years ago in Antananarivo. Their latest album, Maso Mahita (“the eyes that see”), was released in September 2024. […]
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LohArano – Tandroka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/loharano-tandroka/
“Tandroka” is a song by LohArano, from their first EP.Their studio album “Lohamboto” in 2021 mixes (Hard) Rock and Malagasy ternary rhythms.
LohArano affirms their mixed heritage that created their story. It’s a parable of Malagasy’s past, present and future identity told through their bubbling rock fusion combining electric guitars and mystical sounds [...]
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One boat ride away from your next obsession 🚤✨🏝
Read more: https://flip.it/aDq2iJ
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Nathalie Natiembé – Bonbon Zetwal
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nathalie-natiembe-bonbon-zetwal/
L’album “Bonbon Zetwal,” sorti en octobre 2013, marque une légère évolution du style de Nathalie Natiembé, qui s’essaye à une musique plus planante, avec des touches “années 1970,” ouverte plus largement sur le monde et ses nombreux styles musicaux.
Nathalie Natiembé est une chanteuse réunionnaise de maloya, marquée par [...]
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Danyèl Waro – Mandela (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/danyel-waro-mandela/
Danyel Waro (Daniel Hoareau – May 1955) was born and raised at the Ile de la Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. He is the most renowned proponent of the Maloya, a compound rhythm which had its origin in chants of enslaved workers on the sugar cane plantations, a […]
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Alefa Madagascar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salegy-alefa-madagascar/
“Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984,” the first compilation to document the unique music culture on the island during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Originating as far back as the 15th Century through folkloric ceremonial music and an a cappella chanting style called antsa, salegy emerged as a fast-tempoed local dance […]
#70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #IndianOcean #Madagascar #Soukous
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Jaojoby – Somaiko Somainao
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jaojoby-somaiko-somainao/
Eusèbe Jaojoby (born 29 July 1955) is a Malagasy composer and singer of Salegy, a musical style of northwestern Madagascar. Critics consider him to be one of the originators of the modern Salegy style that emerged in the 1970s, and credit him with transforming the genre from an obscure regional musical tradition into one of […]
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The return to the Pacific Command name may signal a shift in U.S. strategic priorities away from the broader Indo-Pacific framework despite official claims that the change is purely symbolic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2026/06/26/pacom-name-change-unnerves-many/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #us #dod #indopacificcommand #uspacificcommand #pacom #indianocean #pacificocean #china #shinzoabe #india #pentagon #narendramodi #coldwar #taiwan #defense
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Dragonfly Migration Rivals Seabirds: 100 Species Confirmed in First Global Count
An American emperor dragonfly accelerates streaks of smoke down when it flaps its four wings. The photo has…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Amurfalcon #Animalmigration #AU #Australia #Climatechange #dragonflymigration #globeskimmer #IndianOcean #InsectMigration #Pantalaflavescens
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Three islands, endless dreams, zero self-control 🌊🏝✨
Read more: https://flip.it/Lnk1hk
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Largest #whale ‘graveyard’ discovered, with skeletons spanning 5 million years
The fossilized remains of more than 450 #whales have amassed along a 750-mile-long stretch of the #IndianOcean floor
The researchers were able to use their submersible to collect 33 samples of the #fossils, which were dated to between 5.26 million and 120,000 years old—a stunning range.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/largest-whale-graveyard-discovered-with-skeletons-spanning-5-million-years/
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐋🦴 Chinese scientists piloting the submersible Fendouzhe in the southeast #IndianOcean found fossil sites spanning 1,200 km at depths up to 7,000 m.
The #bones belong mostly to beaked #whales, with the oldest dating back 5.3 million years. Living #jellyfish, brittle stars, and bone-boring #worms still call these ancient carcasses home, allowing whale fall to serve as a #deepsea #ecosystem.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/whale-graveyard-indian-ocean/
#fossils #marinebiology #science #beakedwhales #paleontology #submersible #nature #pliocene #ocean #expedition
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‘Finding a “#whale #necropolis” where there are nearly 800 #skeletons per square kilometre is a surprise, and the mix of whale types is a puzzle.’
Deepest and most extensive whale #graveyard discovered in #IndianOcean | #Whales | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/deepest-most-extensive-whale-graveyard-discovered-indian-ocean #science #biology #MarineBiology #ocean #cetaceans
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Friday, February 20, 2026
Russia publicly pitches $14 trillion economic deal [bribe?] to Trump tied to lifting US sanctions -- Ready to fight: Baltics face NATO fragility fears in the age of Trump -- US reportedly presses allies to block Ukraine from full participation at NATO summit -- He just wanted to go home: Brazilian recruit’s death in Ukraine points to torture, abuse in foreign fighter unit ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/friday-february-20-2026/
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A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station 🌎🧑🚀
#Africa #AtlanticOcean #Draco #Dragon #Earth #Expedition74 #IndianOcean #InternationalSpaceStation
⏩ 2 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260203010524
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Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Teleconnections from the 2023–24 El Niño Offset by Background SST Trends
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0227.1 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108946 <-- shared paper
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#USA #Canada #NorthAmerica #Mexico #NorthernEurope #PacificOcean #ElNiño #ElNino #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #snow #weather #climate #humanimpacts #model #modeling #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #atmosphere #extremeweather #CONUS #California #atmosphericriver #AtlanticOcean #IndianOcean #tropical #ENSO #winter #ocean #trend #teleconnections #seasurfacetemperature #SST #atmospheric #climatechange #natural #anthropogenic #noaa #NSF
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Los Fantasios – Assez Pleuré
https://amf.didiermary.fr/los-fantasios-assez-pleure/
From “Soul Sega Sa ! Indian Ocean Segas From The 70s,” 2 compilations covering music from islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean.
#70smusic #Compilation #LaReunion #Maloya #Mauritius #Sega #Folk #IndianOcean
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Thanks @hairylarry.
Yes, interesting stuff. They say it is based on the '#Maloya' (a powerful percussion-based and African-rooted style) and '#SégaLontan' (accordion-based Reunionese 'chanson') traditions from #LaReunion and #IndianOcean.
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Floods, fires, heat: The world's worst #weather disasters in 2023
Published on Dec. 27, 2023, 11:01 AM
An unsettling pace of history-bending weather disasters unfolded around the world in 2023, including #Libya’s horrific #flooding and #Hawaii’s tragic blazes
2023 kicked off by churning out the longest-lived tropical cyclone ever recorded, setting a grim tone for the drumbeat of atmospheric upheaval that would soon follow.
The year went on to produce Africa’s deadliest-ever flooding, a tragic wildfire that engulfed an entire Hawaiian community, and unprecedented heat in one of the world’s hottest deserts.
Here’s a look at five of the most impactful weather disasters we saw around the world in 2023.
1. Devastating #floods killed thousands in Libya
Many of the worst natural disasters are a combination of extreme weather clashing with poor infrastructure. The deadly flash floods that swept northern Libya on September 10, 2023, went down as the deadliest ever recorded in Africa, leaving more than 4,000 dead and thousands more reported missing.
#StormDaniel grew into the equivalent of a tropical storm in the southern Mediterranean during the first week of September.
The system made landfall in Libya, drenching drenched the arid region with an overwhelming glut of torrential rains.
Much of the runoff flowed into #WadiDerna, a dry riverbed that only fills up after heavy rains. The onslaught of runoff gushing down the wadi pressed against several aging dams in the port town of #Derna. The dams quickly crumbled under the pressure, unleashing a lethal wall of water into the city.
2. #CycloneFreddy spun for an impossibly long time
Cyclone Freddy was a powerful tropical system in the #IndianOcean that blew away the previous record for longest-lived tropical cyclone ever observed. The storm survived over the Indian Ocean for a whopping five weeks and two days—from February 6 until March 14—trouncing by almost a week the previous record set by Hurricane John in 1994.
The tenacious cyclone helped vault 2023 into the records as the only year we’ve ever observed at least one scale-topping Category 5 storm in every tropical ocean basin.
3. Southwestern U.S. endured historic heat, a rare tropical storm
The summer heat that roasted the U.S. southwest week after week proved to be an outlier even for one of the hottest places on Earth.
Persistent #HeatDomes dominated the region through July, allowing daytime highs to soar as hot as 50°C with nights barely falling below the upper 30s.
#PhoenixArizona, recorded a high of 43.3°C (110°F) on 31 consecutive days between June 30 and July 30, almost doubling the previous streak of such intense and repetitive heat. Even worse, the average nighttime low in Phoenix came in at a steamy 32.6°C, and five days saw a low of 35°C or warmer.
Extremes often beget extremes, and it took an extreme storm to break the unprecedented pattern of sweltering heat.
#HurricaneHilary forged an unusual track as it ran up #Mexico’s #BajaPeninsula in the middle of August. Water temperatures are so cold off the northwest Mexican coast that tropical systems usually dissipate in a hurry long before they can reach California.
Hilary moved at a decent clip and managed to avoid the coldest water, allowing it to reach California as a tropical storm. This marked the first tropical storm warning ever issued for Los Angeles. The storm went on to drop a year’s worth of rain on the state’s deserts.
4. A horrific fire became Hawaii’s worst natural disaster
Deadly wildfires are a recurring theme with our changing climate, and the year’s deadliest wildfire ripped through a community on Hawaii’s Maui.
A long-term drought combined with strong winds allowed numerous fires to rage on the Hawaiian Islands this summer. One of those explosive fires tore through Maui’s Lahaina, catching residents almost entirely off-guard to horrific effect.
Many folks jumped into the ocean to escape the fast-moving flames, which consumed most of the town’s homes and businesses in minutes.
The fire’s official death toll stands at 100, a tragic toll that makes the event Hawaii’s deadliest natural disaster on record. Four residents still remained unaccounted for months after the fire.
5. #SouthAmerica faced unprecedented heat
While the world ran a historic fever for much of 2023, South America likely took the brunt of the year’s most extreme heat.
Temperatures soared into the upper 30s in parts of South America in July and August, which is the heart of the southern hemisphere’s winter season. These temperatures were often more than 20°C hotter than normal—and reportedly broke all-time temperature records in the process.The unprecedented summer-in-winter heat continued across the continent straight into spring. Thermometers in eastern #Brazil measured temperatures in the lower 40s in the middle of November. One person even died from the #ExtremeHeat in #RioDeJaneiro while waiting for a leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to begin, prompting the musician to postpone the date.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Weather2023 #WeatherExtremes
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New Insights Into The Seamount Structure Of The Northern Part Of The Ninetyeast Ridge (Indian Ocean) Through The Integrated Analysis Of Geophysical Data
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https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11050924 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #seamount #NinetyeastRidge #bathymetry #fault #highresolution #seismicdata #reflector #magneticfield #anomaly #remotesensing #vulcanism #ocean #seafloor #survey #volcanic #IndianOcean #hydrospatial #sampling #geology #geophysics #geophysical #magnetism #magnetic #sonar #magmatism #structuralgeology #platetectonics #hotspot #model #modeling #3dmodeling #3dmodel #spatialnanalysis #formation #stage #data -
https://archive.org/details/menalamba0en
The Rising of the Red Shawls: A Revolt in Madagascar 1895-1899 by Stephen Ellis
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#Madagascar, #Malagasy, #Merina, #Merinaempire, #Imerina, #france, #frenchcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #revolt, #rebellion, #insurrection, #christianity, #menalamba, #war, #imperialism, #colonialwars, #historyofAfrica, #Africanhistory, #IndianOceanCambridge University Press: African Studies Series, volume 43
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https://archive.org/details/menalamba0en
The Rising of the Red Shawls: A Revolt in Madagascar 1895-1899 by Stephen Ellis
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#Madagascar, #Malagasy, #Merina, #Merinaempire, #Imerina, #france, #frenchcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #revolt, #rebellion, #insurrection, #christianity, #menalamba, #war, #imperialism, #colonialwars, #historyofAfrica, #Africanhistory, #IndianOceanCambridge University Press: African Studies Series, volume 43
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https://archive.org/details/menalamba0en
The Rising of the Red Shawls: A Revolt in Madagascar 1895-1899 by Stephen Ellis
Topics
#Madagascar, #Malagasy, #Merina, #Merinaempire, #Imerina, #france, #frenchcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #revolt, #rebellion, #insurrection, #christianity, #menalamba, #war, #imperialism, #colonialwars, #historyofAfrica, #Africanhistory, #IndianOceanCambridge University Press: African Studies Series, volume 43