I-Ranavalona .. indlovukazi ebulala kakhulu emlandweni!

Uguquko lwezimboni nobuhlakani lwaba wumphumela weminyaka yokuhlupheka nobumnyama obutholwa izwe lasendulo.U-Ranavalona I ukleliswe ohlwini lwamakhosi anegazi kunawo wonke emlandweni wezwekazi lase-Afrika.

NjengoShaka, owahola umbuso wakwaZulu eNingizimu Afrika nowabulala izigidi zabantu, kwavela isithunzi seNdlovukazi uRanavalona I, owabusa uBukhosi baseMadagascar iminyaka engama-33 ngeminyaka yo-1828 no-1861, lapho laba bamuva behola izwe ngomzabalazo. Ngokwemithombo ethile, babulala abantu abalingana nengxenye yabantu baseMadagascar.

URanavalona wokuqala wazalwa ngo-1788 emkhayeni ompofu eduze kwase-Antananarivo, eMadagascar. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, lo mkhaya ompofu wafunda iqiniso elashintsha ngokuphelele ikusasa lawo.

Ngesikhathi esemncane uRanavalona, ​​uyise wakwazi ukusindisa impilo yenkosi ngokuyixwayisa ngomzamo wokubulala inkosi. emndenini wasebukhosini.

Ngenxa yalokho, uRanavalona wangena emandleni, eshada nomfowabo ngamzali munye kanye nendlalifa esihlalweni sobukhosi, uRadama I, futhi ngenxa yalokho waba omunye wabafazi bakhe abayishumi nambili. Ngemva kokushona kukaRadama I ngo-1828 eneminyaka engu-35 ubudala, uRanavalona I akazange angabaze ukuthatha ukubusa kweMadagascar ngemva kokuba ephumelele ukubulala wonke umndeni wasebukhosini owawumphonsele inselele esihlalweni sobukhosi, ngaleyo ndlela waqala inkathi yokwesaba okukhulu. yathatha iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nantathu.

Phakathi nokubusa kwakhe, uRanavalona wokuqala wasebenzisa indlela yendabuko neyasendulo eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Tangina ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi abantu bamsulwa ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwamacala.Le ndlela yayidinga ukuba ummangalelwa agwinye izikhumba zezinkukhu ezintathu bese edla insada yezithelo ezinobuthi. Ukuphalaza, futhi uma izikhumba ezintathu zitholakale ziphelele, kwafakazelwa ukuthi umsulwa, kodwa uma zingaphelele, wayebulawa ngokushesha.

Ngaphezu kwalabo abasolwa ngokwenza ubugebengu, uRanavalona wokuqala wayevame ukusebenzisa le ndlela eyinqaba ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi abantu bathembekile futhi abaphikisani nenqubomgomo yakhe, futhi ngenxa yalokho lokhu kusebenza okungavamile okubizwa ngokuthi iTangina kwabulala inani elilingana namaphesenti angu-2 abantu baseMadagascar. .

Ngesikhathi kukhishwa izigwebo zentambo, uRanavalona wasebenzisa izindlela ezinonya ezihluke ngokuphelele ezindleleni zesintu, ikakhulukazi ezisukela ekunqumeni izitho zomzimba nokusika izidumbu zabamangalelwa phakathi nokubilisa emanzini ashisayo.

Phakathi neminyaka engu-33 ephethe izindaba zaseMadagascar, uRanavalona wokuqala waqondisa imikhankaso yezempi echitha igazi ezindaweni ezikude zezwe ukuze ayinqobe, kanye nokulwa nokusabalala kobuKristu nokuthatha izinyathelo ezinzima ngokumelene nenhlangano yobuKristu baseMalagasy. Ngesinye isikhathi, iNdlovukazi yaseMadagascar yayala ukulengiswa kwedlanzana lamaKristu esiqongweni sewa ngaphambi kokuthatha isinqumo sokuwajikijela emadwaleni acijile angezansi ngemva kokuba enqabile ukulahla inkolo yawo.

Ngaso leso sikhathi, iNdlovukazi uRanavalona I yaxosha imizamo eminingi yaseFrance yokungenelela ezweni, futhi yaphinde yathambekela ekwandiseni isibalo samasosha akhe nokuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda yaseMadagascar ngokugqilaza ingxenye enkulu yabantu nokubaphoqa ukuthi basebenze ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima ezinhlelweni zomphakathi. . Phakathi kuka-1828 no-1861, iMadagascar yaba yisizinda sezinhlekelele eziningi, njengoba izwe lalihlaselwe yizifo eziwumshayabhuqe nendlala ngenxa yokungaphathi kahle nokuziphatha, okwaholela enanini elikhulu lezisulu.

Ngo-August 1861, 83, uRanavalona wokuqala washona eneminyaka engu-33 ubudala, ngemva kokubusa iminyaka engu-5, okwabangela ukufa kwezigidi zabantu. Ngokwezibalo ezithile, inani labantu baseMadagascar lehla ngengxenye phakathi nawo-1833. inani labantu bezwe lalilinganiselwa ezigidini ezi-2,5 ngo-1839, kodwa lehla lafinyelela ezigidini ezingu-XNUMX ngo-XNUMX.