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Famed Musician Rossy Returns to Madagascar

Monday, September 10th, 2007 @ 16:50 UTC

by Jennifer Brea

Countries:: Madagascar, France
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Elections, Music, Entertainment, Politics
Languages:: French

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Rossy's back! (Fr) Harinjaka writes that Rossy, a.k.a. Paul-Bert Rahasimanana, arguably Madagascar's most famous musician, is back in his native country, which he left for France following the violently contested 2002 presidential election. Hari also posts a video of Rossy's newest release.

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