The King's Men in Madagascar

Slavery, citizenship and Sakalava monarchy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2510339
AutoresGillian Feeley‐harnik (autor de correspondencia), Gillian Feeley-Harnik
Año1982
Volumen52
Número2
Páginas31-50
Fecha de publicación1982-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1159140
OpenAlexW2015618936
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas18

Opening ParagraphThe 'great songs' (antsa maventy) with which Sakalava praise their royalty extol them as unique and precious beings in whom all wealth in persons and things is, or eventually will be, concentrated, causing them to grow enormously and inexhaustibly fat, yet ever greedy for more. Solely because of their ancestry, their houses will be royal residences, their hats will be royal headdresses with special names. Above all, their people will be human beings owing allegiance only to monarchy, labouring only for monarchy. There may be indifferent or unwilling ones, as well as those who are eager to pay homage to the royal ancestors, but ultimately royalty will possess them all: 'Royalty enslaves, royalty enslaves, royalty enslaves

Allegiance · Ancient history · Art · Citizenship · Icon · Literature · Monarchy · Paragraph · Political science · Politics · Praise · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law