URanavalona .. oyena kumkanikazi ufileyo kwimbali!

Inguqu kwezoshishino nobukrelekrele yaba sisiphumo nje seminyaka yentuthumbo kunye nobumnyama obufikelwa lihlabathi lamandulo.URanavalona I uphakathi koluhlu lwezona kumkani zachitha igazi kwimbali yelizwekazi laseAfrika.

NjengoShaka, owayekhokele ubukumkani bamaZulu eMzantsi Afrika nowabangela ukufa kwezigidi ngezigidi, kwavela umfanekiso kaKumkanikazi uRanavalona I, owalawula uBukumkani baseMadagascar iminyaka engama-33 kwiminyaka ka-1828 no-1861, xa umva wayekhokele ilizwe ngemfazwe. Ngokutsho kweminye imithombo, babulala abantu abalingana nesiqingatha sabemi baseMadagascar.

URanavalona wokuqala wazalwa ngowe-1788 kwintsapho engamahlwempu kufuphi neAntananarivo, eMadagascar. Kwangaxeshanye, le ntsapho ihlwempuzekileyo yafunda into eyaliguqula ngokupheleleyo ikamva layo.

Ebudeni bobuntwaneni bukaRanavalona, ​​uyise wakwazi ukusindisa ubomi bokumkani ngokumlumkisa ngelinge lokumbulala. Ngenxa yoku, ukumkani wasinda ekufeni waza wathembisa ukuvuza le ntsapho ihlwempuzekileyo ngokuthatha intombi yabo, uRanavalona, ​​kuquka nayo. kwintsapho yasebukhosini.

Ngenxa yoko, uRanavalona waya emandleni, etshata nomntakwabo kunye nendlalifa esihlalweni sobukhosi, uRadama I, kwaye ngoko waba ngumnye wabafazi bakhe abalishumi elinambini. Emva kokufa kukaRadama I ngowe-1828 eneminyaka engama-35 ubudala, uRanavalona I akazange alibazise ukubamba ulawulo lwaseMadagascar emva kokuba ephumelele ukubulala yonke intsapho yasebukhosini eyayimcele umngeni etroneni, ngaloo ndlela eqalisa ixesha loloyiko olukhulu olwabangela uloyiko olukhulu. yathatha iminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesithathu.

Ebudeni bolawulo lwakhe, uRanavalona wokuqala wabhenela ekusebenziseni indlela yamandulo neyamandulo eyaziwa ngokuba yiTangina ukuze aqinisekise ukuba abantu bamsulwa ebudeni bamatyala. Ukugabha, yaye ukuba izikhumba ezithathu zafunyanwa zinjalo, kwangqinwa ukuba umsulwa kwakhe, kodwa ukuba aziphelelanga, wayebulawa ngoko nangoko.

Ukongeza kwabo batyholwa ngokwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho, uRanavalona wokuqala wayetyekele ekusebenziseni le ndlela engaqhelekanga yokuqinisekisa ukuba abantu banyanisekile kwaye abazange bachase umgaqo-nkqubo wakhe, kwaye ngokufanelekileyo lo msebenzi ongaqhelekanga obizwa ngokuba nguTangina wabulala ukulingana kwe-2 ekhulwini labantu baseMadagascar. .

Ebudeni bokuphunyezwa kwezigwebo zentambo, uRanavalona wabhenela ekusebenziseni iindlela ezingqwabalala ezahluke ngokupheleleyo kwiindlela zamandulo, yaye ubukhulu becala zaziquka ukusika amalungu omzimba nokusika imizimba yabamangalelwa phakathi nokubilisa emanzini ashushu.

Ebudeni beminyaka engama-33 awayeqhuba ngayo imicimbi yaseMadagascar, owokuqala uRanavalona walathisa amaphulo omkhosi aphalaza igazi kwiindawo ezikude zelizwe ukuze ayoyise, kunye nokulwa nokusasazeka kobuKristu nokuthabatha amanyathelo aqatha nxamnye nentlangano yobuKristu baseMalagasy. Ngesinye isihlandlo, uKumkanikazi waseMadagascar wayalela ukuba axhonywe inani lamaKristu encotsheni yengxondorha ngaphambi kokuba athathe isigqibo sokuwaphosa kumatye atsolo ngaphantsi emva kokuba engazange avume ukulahla ukholo lwawo.

Ngaxeshanye, uKumkanikazi uRanavalona ndagxotha iinzame ezininzi zaseFransi zokungenelela kweli lizwe, kwaye ndazama ukwandisa inani lamajoni akhe kunye nokuphucula iziseko zaseMadagascar ngokugqilaza inani elikhulu labantu kunye nokubanyanzela ukuba basebenze kwiimeko ezinzima kwiiprojekthi zoluntu. . Phakathi kwe-1828 kunye ne-1861, iMadagascar yayiyindawo yeentlekele ezininzi, njengoko ilizwe laliphantsi kwezifo ezininzi kunye neendlala ngenxa yokuphatha kakubi kunye nokuziphatha, okubangele inani elikhulu lamaxhoba.

NgoAgasti 1861, 83, uRanavalona wokuqala wasweleka eneminyaka engama-33 ubudala, emva kokuchitha iminyaka engama-5 elawula, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba kubulawe izigidi zabantu. Inani labemi beli lizwe laliqikelelwa kwizigidi ezi-1833 ngowe-2,5, kodwa liye lehla laya kutsho kwizigidi ezisisi-1839 ngowe-XNUMX.