Tard known to Europeans, just at the end of the century, the Merina and their country, Imerina, therefore had to take a prominent and specific place in the analysis of foreigners on Madagascar. The dominant people, who, according to some (especially the British), are called upon to unify the Grande Île, for French oppressive people who are abusive in coastal populations, the merina group should in any event benefit from special treatment in the abundant literature...