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A couple weeks ago we spoke with Lova Rakotomalala, one of the four coordinators of the FOKO Madagascar blog outreach program. This week we feature a video interview with Lova’s blog outreach partner in crime, Mialy Andriamananjara.
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I am looking forward to reading the novel.
posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 7:39 am - #1478Thank you for sharing this conversation.
I think I can’t help with the Malagasy translations…lol
posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 4:23 pm - #1497great to hear-see your voice and to hear about your work and short story! where can one get a copy? i hope that can continue to make time for your writing…and training of joan in joys of translation…kbw
posted on April 7th, 2008 at 10:02 pm - #1678I finally got to meet Mialy!
posted on April 8th, 2008 at 4:06 am - #1683[...] and recently recorded the first performance of the Vagina Monlogues in Malagasy. You can see a brief video interview on Rising [...]
posted on May 20th, 2008 at 9:58 am - #3428