Betsimisaraka

Betsimisaraka

ethnic group
Ratsimilaho begun the Betsimisaraka Culture back in 1714
group=Betsimisaraka


poptime=
popplace=East coast of Madagascar
rels=
langs=(Malagasy Northern Betsimisaraka) [Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. [http://www.ethnologue.com/ Online] , accessed 14 August 2008 ]
related= other Malagasy people

The Betsimisaraka make up approximately fifteen percent of the Malagasy people and are the second largest group in Madagascar after the Merina. [http://countrystudies.us/madagascar/11.htm Madagascar: A Country Study] , Helen Chapin Metz, ed. Library of Congress, 1994., accessed 14 August 2008 ]

History

The name was established by a leader called Ratsimilaho who was alleged to be the son of a Malagasy princess and an English pirate. [http://original.britannica.com/eb/topic-492104/Ratsimilaho Ratsimilaho] , Encyclopedia Brittanica, accessed 13 August 2008] He established the Betsimisaraka after driving out the clans who had invaded from the south. He had been given the right to lead the disparate groups as one fighting force, but after his death in 1750 his Queen, Bity, and then his son ended up losing the power that Ratsimilaho had once commanded.

Geography

The Betsimisaraka area has included the port of Toamasina, Fénérive Est and Maroansetra. The territory today is a thin area of land that stretches along the east coast of Madagascar from the River Bemarivo to the River Mananjary in the south.

References


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