The West of Madagascar, the History (2)

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By the 18th century the Sakalava Empire occupied a huge area in the west, but was divided into the Menabe in the south and the Boina in the north.
The two rulers fell out, unity was abandoned and in the 19th century the area came under the control of the Merina.
The Sakalava did not take kindly to domination and sporadic guerrilla warfare continued in the Menabe area until French colonial times.


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The Sakalava Kingdom bore the brunt of the first serious efforts by the French had laid claims - based on treaties made with local princes - to parts of the north and northwest , and in 1883 two fortresses in this region was bombarded.
An attack on Mahajanga followed.
This was the beginning of the end of Mozambico as an independent kingdom.


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