KemetLeadsTheir words
“I will not change the customs and rites of our ancestors.”
As reported by Koschorke et al. · Kabary (royal address), 26 February 1835
Context Addressing her subjects days before her edict banning Christian worship among Malagasy people, as the influence of British missionaries grew.
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