Madagascar Day 21
Wow, today was pretty amazing. While of course learning more about the culture and society, I had the rare opportunity to step out of the traditional non-traditionality of SIT and go to a meeting held by the US Embassy. The informal meeting took place at the house, appropriately named Villa Liberty, of the number-two American civil servant in Madagascar (just behind the ambassador himself), and about 20 US citizens met to hear the latest take on local politics and news from an American perspective. In August, when the embassy staff turns over and the current ambassador leaves, since there is no US-recognized government, he will actually become the interim-ambassador. I was the only student to go, as none of the others were interested...and they really lost out. Afterwards, I got to speak with him personally and spent about 10-20 minutes just asking him questions about his political journey that has thus landed him in Madagascar. Cool, huh?
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