Features audio snapshots of our trek with intrepid Afropop listeners. From the capital Tana, across the central highlands, down the coastal hill country to the city of Tulear, famous for its trancy tsapika guitarists, and beyond. Our local guide and traveling companion is Hanitra Rasaonaivo, leader of the adventurous Malagasy roots band, Tarika.

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