Dancing with the Dead - A Journey Through Zanzibar and Madagascar Drysdale was just about to leave for Madagascar when family papers in a crumbling house in Devon revealed that her ancestors had traded there during the 19th century. Madagascar was not their only haunt: there was also Zanzibar and the Comoro Islands. Drysdale and her photographer husband, Richard Pomeroy, set off to follow in their wake and seek out any lingering family connections. Full description