{"id":16574,"date":"2026-04-29T13:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/?p=16574"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:48:15","slug":"tribute-to-professor-jacqueline-ravelomanana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/tribute-to-professor-jacqueline-ravelomanana\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Professor Jacqueline Ravelomanana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Malagasy academic community is in mourning following the passing of Professor Jacqueline Ravelomanana-Randrianjafinimanana, renowned historian, researcher and lecturer.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A passionate educator, she dedicated her life to teaching and research, mentoring many generations of students. A specialist in gender issues, her work made a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of education and the status of young girls in Madagascar, particularly during the colonial and pre-colonial periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond her intellectual rigour, those who knew her remember her as an attentive and generous woman, deeply committed to academic life. She also developed her artistic side through painting, offering a personal perspective on Malagasy culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Jacqueline Ravelomanana-Randrianjafinimanana leaves us with memories of a devoted teacher and a researcher whose commitment will continue to inspire Malagasy academic life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, the Vill\u00e8le History Museum had the honour of inviting her to contribute to the collection of academic texts on its website, dedicated to the history of slavery in the Indian Ocean. Her article, entitled \u2018<em>Slavery in Madagascar: forgotten royal slaves<\/em>\u2019, was published on the museum\u2019s digital portal to mark the commemoration of the abolition of slavery in R\u00e9union on 20th December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/documentaires\/slavery\/the-slavery-in-the-indian-ocean\/slavery-in-madagascar-those-forgotten-royal-slaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Malagasy academic community is in mourning following the passing of Professor Jacqueline Ravelomanana-Randrianjafinimanana, renowned historian, researcher and lecturer. A passionate educator, she dedicated her life to teaching and research, mentoring many generations of students. A specialist in gender issues, her work made a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of education and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/tribute-to-professor-jacqueline-ravelomanana\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tribute to Professor Jacqueline Ravelomanana&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16577,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16574\/revisions\/16577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}