Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar. They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast. The Sakalava...

African, Arab and Malayo-Indonesian ancestry, like the western coastal Sakalava people of Madagascar from whom the clan derives. They traditionally have strong...

the Bara people in the south of the island Masikoro Malagasy (550,000 speakers) – spoken by the Masikoro in the southwest of the island Sakalava Malagasy...

Austronesian peoples were introduced to later. Aloalo funerary pole of the Sakalava people of Madagascar Adu zatua ancestor carvings of the Nias people of western...

practice some aspects of it. Adherence to Fomba Gasy is high amongst the Sakalava people (up to 80%), as they are reluctant to convert to faiths of foreign...

Zafinofotsy, before the Sakalava people migrated there and became the most numerous ethnic group on the island. These people were joined later by some...

composite of "Andriana" and "Nampoinimerina", while that of the celebrated Sakalava warrior Andriamisara is formed from "Andriana" and "Misara". In Madagascar...

Mauritius between 1769 and 1793, 45 % was provided by slave traders of the Sakalava people in North West Madagascar, who raided East Africa and the Comoros for...

of a villager, and the only way to prevent this is to kill it. The Sakalava people go so far as to claim aye-ayes sneak into houses through the thatched...

Boraha and a treaty signed with a local leader of the western coastal Sakalava people. It was further justified through documents signed by King Radama II...

significant problems with the climate, the terrain, and the native Sakalava people, he abandoned the trading post in 1776. Benyovszky then returned to...

classified as a subgroup of the fishing peoples known as the Vezo (who are themselves a subset of the Sakalava people), although the Makoa maintain a distinct...

dead, such as digging graves and building tombs. In western Madagascar, Sakalava and Vezo funerary sculpture is renowned internationally for its erotic...

Mauritius between 1769 and 1793, 45 % was provided by slave traders of the Sakalava people in North West Madagascar, who raided East Africa and the Comoros for...

dwellers" (predominantly Bantu with less Austronesian traits) such as the Sakalava, Bara, Vezo, Betsimisaraka, Mahafaly, etc. The Merina are further divided...

of the park. Ankarafantsika is mostly tropical in climate type. The Sakalava people are the predominant ethnic group living and farming here. The greater...

most connections to the slave trade, the Sakalava people also had access to guns and powder. Today, the people of Madagascar can be considered as the product...

by French governor Étienne de Flacourt about a game played by the Sakalava people in northwestern Madagascar is sometimes quoted as the earliest reference...

Antakarana in Madagascar as of 2013. The Antankarana split off from the Sakalava in the early 17th century following a succession dispute. The group settled...

that it coincided with the formation of the Maroserana dynasty of the Sakalava people and that certain Bara nobles had Maroserana origins. This early kingship-based...

The Menalamba rebellion was an uprising in Madagascar by the Sakalava people that emerged in central Madagascar in response to the French capture of the...

French explorer, who was killed in 1892 by hostile members of the Sakalava people. Mullerornis betsilei Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894 (Betsileo elephant...

have requested a wife from the people known as Zafimbolamena (Grandchildren of Gold) who were part of the Sakalava people. The resulting child, a son, was...

Austronesian facial features. The Tandroy trace their ancestry back to the Sakalava people. There are around 600,000 Tandroy as of 2013. They constitute the fifth...

Radama secured the peace between the Merina Kingdom and that of her Sakalava people on the west coast, was made Radama's principal wife and reportedly...

along the coast of southwestern Madagascar. The Mikea are predominantly of Sakalava origin, although the term describes a lifestyle rather than an ethnic group...

Binao (1867–1927) was a queen of the Sakalava people of Madagascar between 1881–1927. She was the granddaughter of King Andriantsoly of the Boina Kingdom...

Madagascar in Toliara Province. Along with Vezo and Mikea, the Masikoro are Sakalava people, the difference being that Masikoro are of the land, Vezo are of the...

Fitampoha is a traditional ceremony of the Sakalava people of Madagascar, taking place every five years at Belo-sur-Tsiribihina. The main ritual of Fitampoha...

The Sakalava weaver (Ploceus sakalava) sometimes known as the Sakalava fody is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar....