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Troublemakers: Ranavalona I

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Malagasy's Rana Valona

Rana volona became queen after the death of her husband, king radama. The malagasi people had been a matrilennial society before ramovo's ascension. Rana valona declared herself to be a man in order to safeguard her rule. This prevented her from remarrying and any children she bore were considered descendants of her dead husband. She also reinstated slavery as a social and economic institution it had previously been abolished. At the age of 37, rana valona gave birth to her only child, racoto. A frenchman named jean labord washed up on the beach when his ship got caught in a storm. He was taken to the queen and end

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