The Andevo, or slaves, were one of the three principal historical castes among the Merina people of Madagascar, alongside the social strata called the...

average of 30–40% Bantu ancestry. The second subgroup is the “Merina B”, the Andevo, who have an average of 40–50% Bantu ancestry. The latter make up less than...

in the Merina Kingdom of Madagascar, alongside the Andriana (nobles) and Andevo (slaves). The term hova originally applied to all members of a Malagasy...

the Andriana (nobles), the Hova (freemen), and the lowest strata called Andevo (slaves). Each strata had been then hierarchically subdivided. The Andriana...

Malagasy slaves (Andevo) carrying Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar...

the Hova (free commoner castes) and Andevo (slaves). The Andriana and the Hova were a part of Fotsy, while the Andevo were Mainty in local terminology....

ZWAM (Zatovo Western Andevo Malagasy or Zatovo Western Amical Malagasy ) was a youth movement which emerged in Antananarivo, Madagascar (the Malagasy Republic)...

those who were spared were commonly brought back to Imerina as slaves (andevo), and their valuables seized as booty to increase the wealth of the Crown...

historically split between andriana (nobles), hova (free commoners) and andevo (slaves), the latter being a highly stigmatized term for the lowest social...

times the lower classes, including those descended from the slave class (andevo) and rural migrants, have occupied the flood-prone lower districts bordering...