Malagasy Poetry (Ashley)

This article titled "The Poetry Of Madagascar" gave an overview of Malagasy Poetry! Because of the tremendous diversity of its inhabitants, there is a variety of different poetry throughout the nation.
One of the leaders, Andrianampoinimerina, collected traditional Malagasy poetry hundreds of years ago!

The poems I read were beautiful, many of them incorporating love. I have included one snippet of poetry below
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http://www.disa.ukzn.ac.za/webpages/dc/asjan60.20/asjan60.20.pdf