The History of the Malagasy Colony

Gallieni suppressed slavery, laid the foundations for a free health care system. He established a state school system to extend and secularize the education provided by missionaries. These efforts were not geared at stimulating madagascar's language and cultural life but rather overwhelming it with superior french culture. Administrators were recruited almost exclusively from the marina t that marginalized all the other ethnic groups. The argument is that this was partly due to necessity, because the marina had enjoyed most of the educational and administrative opportunities under the monarchy.