The sea ripples with shallow turquoise waters, split as far as the eye can see by tapered pirogues loaded with fishermen.
Welcome to Toliara – formerly Tulear – the coastal capital of southwest Madagascar and one of the most prominent import/export hubs in the country. Here, artisanal fishing has been practiced since the dawn of time. This is the region of the Vézos, where the people are better known as “nomads of the sea” because they used to roam the entire coastline – hemmed in by one of the world’s largest coral reefs – but now they have largely settled around Toliara.,
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