School of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) in Antseza. Forty-five children go to this school, all of them are Sakalava, except five pupils who are Hova. The Sakalava is a traditional name for a group of people of Madagascar, living on the west coast of the island. Hova is the word used to name the most important part of Merina people.
Mission school Educational missionary work Child rearing Indigenous populations Société des missions évangéliques de Paris, SMEP (Paris evangelical missionary society)
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