Tuesday, March 3, 2015

YOU WILL FIND THESE LINKS FASCINATING AND APPALLING  
THEY ARE NEWS ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT 
THE ABANDONED TWINS IN MADAGASCAR


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MADAGASCAR: Twins taboo splits community

http://www.irinnews.org/report/94124/madagascar-twins-taboo-splits-a-community


BAD LUCK BABIES - TWINS ABANDONED

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/bad-luck-babies-twins-abandoned-3493225
 
CURSED TWINS OF MADAGASCAR - HUFFINGTON POST

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/kiki-king/unreported-world-twins-in-madagascar_b_5293247.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/07/madagascar-twins_n_5283450.html

FORBIDDEN TWINS

http://www.picturetank.com/___/series/422dd212f941f4a102d0fbf30de829ce/en/LES_JUMEAUX_INTERDITS_%28editing-A%29_%28office%29.html

MADAGASCAR TACKLES TABOO ON TWINS - INDEPENDENT

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/madagascar-tackles-taboo-on-twins-959308.html


Forbidden Twins by Photographer Marie Genel
Excellent photo essay on Twins in Madagascar
Unicef - Madagascar
Further information on Madagascar from UNICEF
Taboos, Agriculture and Poverty
Academic paper on Taboos
Twins Mananjary: between abandonment and protection, September 2011
Paper on Twin Taboo in French (translation services available free online)
United Nations Human Rights Madagascar page, including Committee Report on Rights of the Child
French Friends of CATJA Orphanage
Families who have adopted children from the CATJA orphanage, Manajary


YOU TUBE REPORT AND VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GH48I8IQXk&noredirect=1

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/videos/all/the-cursed-twins-clip-1

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/videos/all/the-cursed-twins-unreported-world-shorts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU6pbgmUpAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvscWANWPjg





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