{{BLP sources|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Madagascar Slim | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}} | birth_place = Antananarivo, Madagascar | origin = Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = {{hlist|Folk|blues}} | occupation = Guitarist | instrument = Guitar | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> }}
'''Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin''' (born October 31, 1956, in Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a Canadian-Malagasy folk and blues guitarist, who records and performs under the stage name '''Madagascar Slim'''. He is a member of the folk music band Tri-Continental<ref name=fuller>Cam Fuller, "Rootsy music of Tri-Continental timeless, classic". ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', February 1, 2001.</ref> and the world music group African Guitar Summit, as well as a solo artist and a regular collaborator with blues singer Ndidi Onukwulu.
He moved to Canada in 1979 to study English and accounting at Seneca College, pursuing music with the folk group La Ridaine while studying. He has cited Jimi Hendrix and B. B. King as the two primary influences on his choice to become a guitarist.
He is a three-time Juno Award winner, having won World Music Album of the Year in 2000 for his solo album ''Omnisource'' and in 2005 with African Guitar Summit, and Roots & Traditional Album of the Year in 2001 with Tri-Continental.<ref>"The 2001 Juno nominees are..." ''Toronto Star'', January 25, 2001.</ref>
==Discography== * 2000 ''OmniSource'' * 2009 ''Good Life Good Living''
'''With Tri-Continental''' * 2000 ''Tri-Continental'' * 2002 ''Live'' * 2003 ''Let's Play'' * 2004 ''Drifting'' * 2018 ''Dust Dance''
''With Other Artists'' * 2005 ''African Guitar Summit'' * 2006 ''African Guitar Summit II''
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080413151217/http://www.amokmusic.ca/slim.html Autobiographical description by Madagascar Slim] * {{discogs artist|Madagascar Slim}}
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