The origins of the people of Madagascar is still being explored, and is complex. While the main language there is mostly very similar to a language spoken currently on Borneo, there are also a lot of African terms in the language, and those were there before the French were speaking French. Genetic studies have shown the Malagasy to have mixtures of southeast Asian and African ancestry, and it is of long standing, not recent. There was a recent study published in the Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution: http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2009/06/17/molbev.msp120.short?rss=1

White supremacists usually get everything wrong about evolution and inheritance. But if you argue with them, it does no good. Never wrestle with a pig: you just get dirty and the pig likes it.

Well, the major ethnic group in Madagascar is the Malagasy. Their ancestral origin (back in the day) came from South East Asia. They're still black, even though they're Austronesians. So the guy who said this part about there being no blacks on Madagascar is wrong.

As for the Bantu part -- they definitely got to Madagascar long before the French got anywhere near there. We're talking 1000 AD.

Its ridiculous not only did the bantu ibtermix with madagascar but parts of mada gascar were visited routinely by traders from all over the indian ocean for atleast a thousand years likely more

There are plenty of archeological artifacts in madagascar thaf show they traded with the entire indian ocean