A poem from this country that compares life to “the aroma of a cooking-pot” was translated by Leonard Fox. A poet from this country recorded his experience of committing suicide by cyanide poisoning in his “Blue Notebooks” immediately before dying. The title character of an epic from this country engages in a verbal duel with “Great Echo,” who gives him advice on how to win back a “Girl of Grace” from Revato, who is known as the “Stone Man.” The ohabolana poems of this country consist of (*) short sequences of related proverbs, and contrasts with the kabary discourses. The dramatic use of metaphors in this country’s hainteny poetry is exemplified in its Ibonia epic. For 10 points, the poet Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo was from what country, whose oral tradition of wisdom poetry was transmitted in Malagasy? ■END■
ANSWER: Madagascar [or Republic of Madagascar or Republique de Madagascar or Repoblikan’i Madagasikara]
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