Scientist Alison Jolly has studied extensively the Tandroy tribe in southern Madagascar, and was the first outsider to attend a Tandroy funeral. She’s written Lords and Lemurs: Mad Scientists, Kings With Spears, and the Survival of Diversity in Madagascar.
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Events: Alison Jolly gives a talk and does a slide show at the American Museum of Natural History on April 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Music: "Shake" by Jalana Lazar Cornwall Collection High Bridge Records
» Read more about the book
Events: Alison Jolly gives a talk and does a slide show at the American Museum of Natural History on April 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Music: "Shake" by Jalana Lazar Cornwall Collection High Bridge Records
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