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An agricultural engineer, anthropologist, and historian; emeritus research director at the CNRS; and member of the Institute of African Worlds (IMAF). He is the author of a book on global history titled *Les Mondes de l’océan Indien* (Armand Colin, 2012).
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Sacred Kingships in Madagascar (15th-19th Centuries). For a Reassessment of their History, at the Crossroads of the Worlds of the Indian Ocean
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2025/4)
Empires and World-Systems. Tang and Islamic Empires, 7th-10th Century
In Monde(s) (2012/2 No 2)
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Sacred Kingships in Madagascar (15th-19th Centuries). For a Reassessment of their History, at the Crossroads of the Worlds of the Indian Ocean
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2025/4)
Ancient World-Systems and Processes of Domination, Coevolution, and Resistance: The Example of the East African Coast before the Seventeenth Century
In Actuel Marx (2013/1 No 53)