Conflicts & Resolutions · Revolt
Menalamba rebellion
The Menalamba rebellion was a rising in highland Madagascar against French rule and the collaborating Merina government, which broke out in late 1895 after the French conquest of Antananarivo. The rebels, named after the red-stained shawls they wore, attacked missionaries, Christians and officials while calling for a return to ancestral religion. Joseph Gallieni suppressed it in 1896–1897, and France used it to justify annexation and the abolition of the Merina monarchy.
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