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The Betsimisaraka Kingdom and State Formation in Madagascar, 1715–1750

Bibliographic Data

ID8976201
AuthorsStephen Elli (0000-0003-4728-703X, African Studies Centre, corresponding author), Stephen Ellis (corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume48
Issue3
Pages439-455
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of African History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021853707003064
OpenAlexW2114824545
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited6

The monarchies and other polities of precolonial Madagascar exerted a strong influence on each other. For this reason, in recent years it has become more interesting to trace their inter-relationship than to emphasize their autonomy. The Betsimisaraka kingdom, which flourished on Madagascar's east coast in the early eighteenth century, has generally been regarded as a polity standing rather outside the mainstream of state formation in Madagascar, not least because of the identity of its founder, the son of an English pirate. Research in European and South African archives demonstrates the close connection between the Betsimisaraka kingdom and the Sakalava kingdom of Boina

Ancient history · Art · Autonomy · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Identity (music · Kingdom · Mainstream · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · State (computer science · State formation · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year0,73
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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