Madagascar

Okay.

Look at Madaga- look at, look at Madagascar.

Ah.

And you see that dot in the island there? See it.

So that's Africa.

Okay.

And that is Madagascar.

And this small dot- Hey ... is an island called Reunion.

I'm not sure actually what's the ...

I've been to Madagascar, but that doesn't count as Africa.

What would be- The-

Maybe

DRC.

Ano Tavela is a song by Lion Hill who hails from Tamatave on the east coast of Madagascar.

Enjoy.

Madagascar.

From Tanzania, on that bongo flavour tip, it's Mboso, Nandi and Estu Kizi on Malaika.

Tanzania.

Williams returned to the World Cup with Ghana in 2026, making two appearances as the Blasters reached the knockout stage.

He scored twice in 28 appearances for Ghana, with his goals coming against Madagascar in Chad during the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign.

He also represented Ghana at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations and left international football having played two World Cups.

Moving on, Araya Moroccan Football Federation President Faouzi Lecce has claimed they have signed a second stadium in Beslemany, who holds the final of the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

If you've been stepping into history with us episode by episode, you know we've spent a lot of time talking about the powerful kings who eventually united Madagascar, like Andrian Ampointamarina and his successors.

But they didn't start from scratch, right?

Exactly not at all.

It was because it allowed the marina to present themselves as restorers of order rather than mere conquerors, weaving the old into the new.

Did the French colonizers pay attention to these distinctions?

Surprisingly little, as they mostly saw Madagascar as a single entity to be administered, ignoring the complex ethnic and historical layers beneath.

However,

early European travelers did record stories of the Vizimba, often describing them as elusive forest dwellers who avoided contact with newer arrivals.

Laurentia was composed of what is now North America, Europe, and Asia minus India.

Gondwana, sometimes called Gondwana Land, was composed of South America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Madagascar, Antarctica, Australia, and New Zealand.

In modern day, the Tendagura Formation lies just short of 10 degrees south of the equator, well within the tropical zone set out by the bounds of the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

But 150 million years ago, the Tenduguru Formation was in a very different spot.

subtropics.

The difference between where it was then and where it is now is around 100 miles more than the distance from Barcelona, Spain to Moscow, Russia.

The eastern edge of Africa during the Jurassic is bordered by a thin seaway separating the mainland from Madagascar, Antarctica, and the northern end of the Indian

subcontinent.

We have our giant anteater, and we have a fusa.

We have the whole Madagascar thing going on.

We've got meerkats.

We have radiated tortoises.

So not too many zoos have radiated tortoises.

But they are like the smaller tortoise that have the beautiful shell that's very like gold and black and has all the design.

They are part of Madagascar.

So you can kind of Google that and see all the different animals in Madagascar.

Only because they come to us from Antananarivo,

Madagascar, from the Traveling Linemen's.

September 11th.

I didn't say.

Sort of a lot of different places.

Madagascar, Africa were the main

ones.

I'm curious what makes them say it's...