HOVA
Hova
The Hova, or free commoners, were one of the three principal historic castes in the pre-colonial Imerina Kingdom of Madagascar, alongside the Andriana and Andevo . The term hova originally applied to all members of a Malagasy clan that migrated into the central highlands from the southeast coast of the island around the 14th century and began displacing the existing population of Vazimba. Andriamanelo consolidated the power of the Hova when he united many of the Hova chiefdoms around Antananarivo under his rule. He took the first step in distinguishing classes of Hova in his new kingdom by formally ennobling the subset of Hova related to him under the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Hova (Madagascar)
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