Their second album Son Egal was a collaboration with Senegal musicians and dealt with the 1947 Malagasy Uprising in Madagascar.
Their 2001 album Soul Makassar dealt with the musical connections between Indonesia and Madagascar.
Hanitra has engaged in creating an arts centre in recent years.
[3] In 2001, TIME magazine included Tarika in a list of the "10 best bands on planet Earth".
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