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Madian

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Madian (măd`ēən), variant of Midian Midian (mĭd`ēən) or Midianites
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When, prior to his exile, Bukuru watched Madians celebrate a military coup, "like children welcoming a first rainfall after a long, hard dry season", he is reminded of a story his grandmother had told him about "the ambivalent character of rain, sustainer of the earth's plenitude but also the harbinger of malaise.
 
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