Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar. They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast. The Sakalava...

The Sakalava weaver (Ploceus sakalava) sometimes known as the Sakalava fody is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar....

dialects of Malagasy: Eastern (including Merina) and Western (including Sakalava), with the isogloss running down the spine of the island, the south being...

Blaesodactylus sakalava, the Sakalava velvet gecko is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar. Raxworthy, C.J. (2011). "Blaesodactylus sakalava". IUCN Red...

The Sakalava rail (Zapornia olivieri) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to western Madagascar. This bird is small with brown upperpart...

Senegalia sakalava is a species of Senegalia that is endemic to Madagascar. Two varieties are recognised: Senegalia sakalava var. hispida Villiers & Du...

cosmopolitan port. Within the city, the Sakalava rulers allowed Muslims to practice their religion freely. In return, the Sakalava instituted a series of trading...

Among these were the Betsimisaraka alliance of the eastern coast and the Sakalava chiefdoms of Menabe and Boina on the west coast. The Kingdom of Imerina...

Conus sakalava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. These snails are predatory...

Throughout the area of the Tenika site are six stone tombs associated with the Sakalava culture, standing 1–1.5 metres (3.3–4.9 ft) high, mostly on elevated ridges...

Bantu with less Austronesian traits sometimes like mulatto) such as the Sakalava, Bara, Vezo, Betsimisaraka, Mahafaly, etc. The Merina are further divided...

of Nosy Be were small bands of Antankarana and Zafinofotsy, before the Sakalava people migrated there and became the most numerous ethnic group on the...

Madascincus arenicola is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. M. arenicola is found in the...

Planctogystia sakalava is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar. Afro Moths Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog...

ankaratra (Ward, 1870) Synonyms Erebia ankaratra Ward, 1870 Henotesia ankaratra Yphthima sakalava Saalmüller, 1878 Yphthima loucoubensis Saalmüller, 1878...

diversity of ethnic groups are found in the province, including Anjoaty, Sakalava, Antakarana, Tsimihety, Antemoro, Betsimisaraka, Antandroy, etc. A major...

typified by rule under a local chieftain. Some communities, such as the Sakalava, Merina and Betsimisaraka, were unified by leaders who established kingdoms...

Mauritius between 1769 and 1793, 45% was provided by slave traders of the Sakalava people in North West Madagascar, who raided East Africa and the Comoros...

15,000 to 49,000 within thirty years. Slave traders from Madagascar - Sakalava or Arabs - bought slaves from slavers in the Arab Swahili coast or Portuguese...

Antakarana in Madagascar as of 2013. The Antankarana split off from the Sakalava in the early 17th century following a succession dispute. The group settled...

called Kibushi, of which there are two dialects; Kibushi sakalava, most closely related to the Sakalava dialect of Malagasy, and Kibushi antalaotsi, most closely...

found on Madagascar. Pelosia obtusoides obtusoides Pelosia obtusoides sakalava (Toulgoët, 1960) De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pelosia obtusoides...

composite of "Andriana" and "Nampoinimerina", while that of the celebrated Sakalava warrior Andriamisara is formed from "Andriana" and "Misara".[citation needed]...

characterised by sporadic conflict between the Merina and Sakalava kingdoms, originating with Sakalava slave-hunting incursions into Imerina. By the early 19th...

is typical of Madagascar's Northwestern coastal region, particularly by Sakalava and Vezo women in the provinces of Nosy Be, Antsiranana, and Toliara—though...

bishop constructing a nest in reeds, South Africa Nests of a colony of Sakalava weavers, Madagascar Spherical village weaver nests suspended from a palm...

Africa". Voyage to the Sargasso Sea. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2018. "Sakalava pirogue". Alefa. Retrieved 2 May 2018. "Setting sail". www.economist.com...

death of a villager, and the only way to prevent this is to kill it. The Sakalava people go so far as to claim aye-ayes sneak into houses through the thatched...

African, Arab and Malayo-Indonesian ancestry, like the western coastal Sakalava people of Madagascar from whom the clan derives. They traditionally have...

their aid during migration. In Madagascar various peoples such as the Sakalava and Antandroy see crocodiles as ancestor spirits and under local fady often...