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of Imerina, a growing kingdom in the central plateau of the island around Antananarivo. As a child, Radama was educated at court and learned to read the Malagasy language in the Sorabe Arabico-Malagasy script used by Antemoro ombiasy (court astrologers). As a young man, he was described by a contemporary as about 5 ft 4 in and slim with broad shoulders and a narrow

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