Antsiranana

Shay introduces Giustinia to Père Joachim, a Betsileo priest from Antsiranana, who is the author of a lengthy treatise on Jean-Joseph Rabearivolo and other Malagasy poets, and the three spend a delightful evening discussing the Négritude movement, Machado de Assis, and James Baldwin.

Having departed the surreal landscape of the Ankarana tsingy with our precious collections, we head north to Antsiranana, a large town at the northern tip of Madagascar.