Madagascar is a country that occupies a large island of the same name, located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. It is the fourth largest island in the world. Madagascar is famous for pepper, vanilla, and lemurs.
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While Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean, it was originally settled by people from Indonesia and African descendant, which you can clearly see when one looks at the photos of the inhabitants. Others have suggested that the people of Madagascar descended from Indonesians and Africans who mixed before their arrival on the isolated island, but studies prove people of Madagascar came from Borneo and Africa. It is not fully known how the inhabitants came there or if they were there already. (This is taken from the Madagascar Welcome page) Only later did Arabs, Indians, and Jewish immigrants mix into the population of the island. The Malagasy way of thinking is a mixture of cultures, as well as their appearance and fashion style. It is a melting pot now. Madagascar is part of the African Union, which is now being reconsidered due to the recent 2009 political turmoil.