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Queen
Ranavalona III
Menalamba Rebellion
Queen Ranavalona III
Born
N/A (collective movement)
Years of resistance
1895-1897 (sporadic resistance until 1903)
Died
N/A (collective movement)
Fought against
France
Resistance against French colonialism, defense of traditional Malagasy culture, and rejection of forced labor.
Colonial punishment
"Key figures executed or exiled"
Nature of death
Execution or exile
Sources & citations
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_Uprising [2] https://academic.oup.com/book/44040/chapter-abstract/373132631?redirectedFrom=fulltext [3] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history/article/abs/political-elite-of-imerina-and-the-revolt-of-the-menalamba-the-creation-of-a-colonial-myth-in-madagascar-189518981/41A475B55A35891C4D4764642FBC0C49 [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menalamba_rebellion [5] https://forum.sealionpress.co.uk/index.php
"They resisted because they had to."
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