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Historian of Madagascar

Solofo Randrianja Citizenship Madagascar Academic background Alma mater Paris Diderot University Thesis Le Parti Communiste (Section Française de l'Internationale Communiste) de la Région de Madagascar, 1936-39, genèse, développement et décomposition (2004) Doctoral advisor Françoise Raison-Jourde Other advisors Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Michelle Perrot Academic work Discipline Historian Sub-discipline History of Madagascar

**Solofo Randrianja** is a [Malagasy](/source/Malagasy_people) [scholar](/source/Scholar) and [historian](/source/Historian) of Madagascar. He is currently a professor at [University of Toamasina](/source/University_of_Toamasina) and, with [Stephen Ellis](/source/Stephen_Ellis_(historian)), wrote *Madagascar: A Short History*, a foundational reference work for the field.

## Life

### Education and early career

Randrianja was raised in Madagascar, where his father was a political organizer.[1]

Randrianja earned a Ph.D. and [habilitation](/source/Habilitation) from the [Denis Diderot University of Paris VII](/source/Paris_Diderot_University). During political unrest in Madagascar, Randrianja was a potential target due to his advocacy of democracy. He and his family fled to Chicago.[2]

### Later career

With Stephen Ellis, Randrianja wrote *Madagascar: A Short History*, considered by the [Africanist](/source/African_studies) academic community to be a critical reference work in Malagasy history.[3][4] In fact, the only prior history of Madagascar written in English was published in 1995 by British diplomat [Mervyn Brown](/source/Mervyn_Brown).[5] During this time, he was also awarded a fellowship at the [African Studies Centre Leiden](/source/African_Studies_Centre_Leiden).[6] Following the [2009 Malagasy coup d'état](/source/2009_Malagasy_political_crisis), Randrianja edited and published a collection of viewpoints and analyses on the incident, *Madagascar, le coup d'État de mars 2009*.[7] Later in the 2010s, Randrianja served as a fellow at the [Nantes Institute for Advanced Study](/source/Some_Institutes_for_Advanced_Study)[8] and at the [Taiwan Foundation for Democracy](/source/Taiwan_Foundation_for_Democracy).[9]

Randrianja has been interviewed as a political expert on contemporary Madagascar politics, particularly in light of the contentious [2023 Malagasy presidential election](/source/2023_Malagasy_presidential_election).[10][11]

He has also served as co-editor-in-chief of the journal *Identity, Culture, and Politics: an Afro-Asian Dialogue* (French: *Identité, culture et politique : un dialogue afro-asiatique*).[12]

## Selected works

- *Madagascar: A Short History* (with Stephen Ellis) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781850658924](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781850658924)

- *Madagascar: Ethnies Et Ethnicité* (ed., with Robert Jaovelo-Dzao) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782869781337](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782869781337)

- *Madagascar, le coup d'État de mars 2009* (ed.) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782811106058](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782811106058)

- *Société et luttes anticoloniales à Madagascar: de 1896 à 1946* [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782845861367](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782845861367)

- *La nation malgache au défi de l'ethnicité* (with Françoise Raison-Jourde) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782845861367](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782845861367)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Larson, Pier (2010). ["Review: AN IMPRESSIVE SYNTHESIS OF MADAGASCAR'S HISTORY"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40985018). *[The Journal of African History](/source/The_Journal_of_African_History)*. **51** (1). [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press): 120–122. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0021853710000174](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0021853710000174). Retrieved 27 February 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Harms, William (21 November 2002). ["From Tamatave, Madagascar, to Chicago–scholar's arduous journey leads to safety at University"](http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/021121/scholar.shtml). *[University of Chicago Chronicle](/source/University_of_Chicago)*. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Fourshey, Catherine Cymone (21 December 2011). ["Madagascar: A Short History"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17532523.2011.634172). *[African Historical Review](/source/African_Historical_Review)*. **43** (2). [Routledge](/source/Routledge): 127–129. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/17532523.2011.634172](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F17532523.2011.634172). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Duffy, Rosaleen (2009). ["Madagascar: a short history"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-modern-african-studies/article/madagascar-a-short-history-by-solofo-randrianja-and-stephen-ellis-london-hurst-and-company-2009-pp-viii316-1500-pbk/74773DF6E0F1D7DE70DC6D005C4086DD). *[Journal of Modern African Studies](/source/Journal_of_Modern_African_Studies)*. **47** (4). [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press): 634–635. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0022278X09990127](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0022278X09990127). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ratsimbaharison, Adrien (2010). ["Madagascar: A Short History (review)"](https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/53/article/384939/pdf). *[African Studies Review](/source/African_Studies_Review)*. **53** (1). [African Studies Association](/source/African_Studies_Association): 175–177. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1353/arw.0.0304](https://doi.org/10.1353%2Farw.0.0304). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Solofo Randrianja"](https://www.ascleiden.nl/organization/people/solofo-randrianja). *[African Studies Centre Leiden](/source/African_Studies_Centre_Leiden)*. [Leiden](/source/Leiden): [Leiden University](/source/Leiden_University). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Chanda, Tirthankar (11 December 2013). ["Solofo Randrianja: «Tous les ingrédients d'une nouvelle crise sont présents» à Madagascar"](https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20131112-madagascar-solofo-randrianja-robinson-jean-louis-hery-second-tour-presidentielle) [Solofo Randrianja: “all the ingredients for a new crisis are present” in Madagascar]. *[Radio France Internationale](/source/Radio_France_Internationale)* (in French). [France Médias Monde](/source/France_M%C3%A9dias_Monde). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Solofo RANDRIANJA"](https://www.iea-nantes.fr/en/fellows/solofo-randrianja). [Nantes Institute for Advanced Study](/source/Some_Institutes_for_Advanced_Study). 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["The presentation Dr. Solofo Randrianja, International Visiting Fellow, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy"](https://www.tfd.org.tw/en/media/album/2011). *[Taiwan Foundation for Democracy](/source/Taiwan_Foundation_for_Democracy)*. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Randrianja, Solofo (13 August 2021). ["President Andry Rajoelina is driving Madagascar into another political crisis"](https://theconversation.com/president-andry-rajoelina-is-driving-madagascar-into-another-political-crisis-165865). *[The Conversation Africa](/source/The_Conversation_(website)#The_Conversation_Africa)* (Interview). Interviewed by Spooner, Moina. [The Conversation](/source/The_Conversation_(website)). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Randrianja, Solofo (16 October 2023). ["A Madagascar, « toutes les alternances se sont faites en dehors des règles »"](https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2023/10/16/a-madagascar-toutes-les-alternances-se-sont-faites-en-dehors-des-regles_6194827_3212.html) [In Madagascar, “all the changes were made outside the rules”]. *[Le Monde](/source/Le_Monde)* (Interview) (in French). Interviewed by Caramel, Laurence. [Groupe Le Monde](/source/Groupe_Le_Monde). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Ahmed, Imtiaz; Randrianja, Solofo (2011). ["Notes from the editors"](https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/icp/article/view/5136/5430). *Identity, Culture, and Politics: an Afro-Asian Dialogue*. **12** (2). [Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa](/source/Council_for_the_Development_of_Social_Science_Research_in_Africa): v–1. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

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