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The written history of Madagascar begins in the 7th century when Omanis established trading posts along the northwest coast and introduced Islam, the Arabic script (used to transcribe the Malagasy language in a form of writing known as the sorabe alphabet), Arab astrology and other cultural elements. [50]
This is a timeline of History of Madagascar. Each article deals with events in Madagascar in a given year Pre-1960. Pre-1960; Twentieth century. 1990s 1990
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Historical events in Madagascar (6 C) M. Madagascar expeditions (1 C, 4 P) S. Historic sites in Madagascar (2 C) V. Vazimba (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "History of ...
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island (after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo), the second-largest island country (after Indonesia), and the 46th largest country overall.
Execution of Rainandriamampandry and Ratsimamanga, Madagascar, 1896 (impa-m28578) In December 1895, two months after the French capture of Antananarivo, popular resistance to French rule emerged in the form of the menalamba ("red shawl") uprising, principally conducted by common peasants who wore shawls smeared with the red laterite soil of the highlands. [2]
The Sacrificed Generation: Youth, History, and the Colonized Mind in Madagascar. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-93588-4. Ballarin, Marie-Pierre (2000). Les reliques royales à Madagascar: source de légitimation et enjeu de pouvoir, XVIIIe-XXe siècles (in French). Paris: Karthala Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-065-0.
In 1946, Madagascar's representatives in the National Assembly submitted a bill to grant Madagascar its independence from France. It was rejected. [26] All of these events eventually culminated in the Malagasy Uprising of 1947 which saw tens of thousands of people on the island killed when French forces violently crushed the rebellion ...