The "Malagasy Greoles" of Tamatave in the I9th Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3896696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manassé Esoavelomandroso (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 111 |
| Pages | 50-63 |
| Publication date | 1980-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/039219218002811104 |
| OpenAlex | W2025400848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
On the shores of Madagascar there appeared in the 19th century an influential group whose members were called-erroneously -by strangers as well as by the Merina oligarchy, the "Malagasy creóles". As a matter of fact the latter are half-castes born of Malagasies and (prevalently) Frenchmen. However, their contemporaries did not confuse them with the mulattos or malata (zona malata), descendants of filibusters or pirates who frequented the East Coast, and their Malagasy mates; on the other hand they, themselves, refused the designation of malata. Thus the name of "Malagasy creole"-even if false, because it does not describe Europeans born in Madagascar-defines a precise social group well into the 19th century
Geography · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
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