Campbell, Gwyn2010-08-242010-08-241993-08-23http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8493African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 23 August, 1993This paper outlines the background and analyses the role of the Indian mercantile community in West Madagascar in the second half of the nineteenth century- In so doing, it attempts to set their activity within the context of the Indian community and trading developments in the Western Indian Ocean as a whole.enIndia. Commerce. HistoryMadagascar. HistoryWorking Paper