Lakana

A lakana with a traditional crab claw sail from Madagascar

Lakana, also known as la'kana or laka, are traditional outrigger canoes of the Malagasy people of Madagascar. It is a single-outrigger canoe with a dugout main hull. It was traditionally rigged with the Austronesian crab claw sail, but most modern lakana are equipped with motor engines. The boat is often referred to by the general French term "pirogue", which can include boats with no outriggers.^[1] The technology was adapted in neighboring East Africa, like the Tanzanian ngalawa and the Fulani .^[2]^[3]

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^ James Richardson (1885). A New Malagasy-English Dictionary. London Missionary Society.
^ Claude Allibert (2011). "Austronesian migration and the establishment of the Malagasy civilization: contrasted readings in linguistics, archaeology, genetics and cultural anthropology". In Tim Curtis (ed.). Islands as Crossroads: Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Small Island Developing States. UNESCO. p. 45. ISBN 9789231041815.
^ A. M. Jones (1964). Africa and Indonesia the Evidence of the Xylophone and Other Musical and Cultural Factores. Brill Archive.

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[rich-1] James Richardson (1885). A New Malagasy-English Dictionary. London Missionary Society.

[curtis-2] Claude Allibert (2011). "Austronesian migration and the establishment of the Malagasy civilization: contrasted readings in linguistics, archaeology, genetics and cultural anthropology". In Tim Curtis (ed.). Islands as Crossroads: Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Small Island Developing States. UNESCO. p. 45. ISBN 9789231041815.

[jones-3] A. M. Jones (1964). Africa and Indonesia the Evidence of the Xylophone and Other Musical and Cultural Factores. Brill Archive.

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