Andrianampoinimerina, King of Imerina, 1745?-1810
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found: Dox. Ny ombalahibemaso, 1978 (1982 printing):p. 1 (Andrianampoinimerina)
found: LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Andrianampoinimerina, King of Imerina, 1745?-1810; variant: Imboasalama)
found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Andrianampoinimerina; king, legendary figure; born c.1750 in Ikaloy, Madagascar; presented himself as a defender of ordinary commoners; slaves and some aristocrats joined his move to depose Andrianjafy (1787); as king, he offered his subjects a more centralized form of government; one of his more successful efforts was to promote a common Merina identity among his different subjects; tried to monopolize and regulate foreign trade in slaves and other items; intervened regularly in local affairs on behalf of commoners against officials and nobles, which increased his popularity as a "people's king"; presented himself as the chief intermediary between the spirit world of ancestors and that of the living; died 1810 in Madagascar)
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1984-04-18: new
2015-03-20: revised
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