The Sakalava People
Origins / Location : Begins on the western coast of Madagascar, extending from the Bay of St. Augustin, the island of Nosy Be, the Bay of Ampasindava, and the Mahavavy River.
Names : Divided into 2 kingdoms, the Boeny (North) and the Menabe (South)
Languages : Sakalava Malagasy
Religion : Ancestor-focused system centered on the worship of royal ancestors known as tromba. These ancestral spirits are divided into two descent groups: the Zafin’i’mena (Grandchildren of Gold) and Zafin’i’fotsy (Grandchildren of Silver)
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East Africa-Betsileo Hairstyle
Betsileo Women
Betsileo Hairstyles
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Group of Betsimisaraka women
Betsimisaraka women drawing water, 1890-1910
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Betsimisaraka woman
Betsimisaraka celebration. Colonial Exhibition of Paris in 1931
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WOMAN OF ANTAISAKA TRIBE. 1671 of the Island Dauphine
Madagascar-Young boy Antaisaka
Taisaka warriors Madagascar
Tanala spearmen
Circa 1920 Bamboo Valiha Music Tanala Madagascar People
Tanala woman
Antemoro Girl
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Antemoro
Vintage portrait of a Bara woman in Madagascar
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Young dancer from the Bara tribe with the common pearl sign on his forehead.
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Bara Man
Antanosy woman
Merina people of Madagascar
Malagasy girls Madagascar Merina.
Antandroy dancers
Two Antanosy ,men, 1900-1910.
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Dancer and medicine man from the Antandroy tribe.
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NSRW Africa Sakalava Girl
Sakalave woman, 1900-1910
Family, Man from Anjouan (Comorian), Woman Sakalav
TROPEN MUSEUM COLLECTION: Studio portrait of a Sakalava man from eastern Madagascar
Ge'ez
Ge'ez in itself is no longer a spoken vernacular, but its script is used as a liturgical language and adapted to write Amharic, Tigrinya, and Tigre.
Vaï (Liberia and Sierra Leone)