MADAGASCAR colonized by Indonesian 5 cent

European found it !!!

'even till now Indonesians are majority on this island, Madagascar is geographically at East Africa IMO it showed how great our naval army was.

litle bit about Madagascar :

Background:
Madagascar, the Red Island, the Rainbow Island, the Eighth Continent, there are many names for the world's 4th largest island. Madagascar is situated in the south western area of the Indian Ocean east of the coast of Africa about 400 km off the coast of Mozambique. The island is recognized as one of the world's top ten hotspots for biodiversity.
Madagascar is inhabited by various ethnic groups of Malayo-Indonesian, mixed African and Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry. Five centuries before the Europeans discovered the island Malayo-Indonesian seafarers arrived in roughly the first century A.D., the Arabs followed in the 6th century to establish trading posts.
Since the 16th century French and British influence left its mark.
In October 1958 the Malagasy Republic was proclaimed as an autonomous state within the French Community and gained full independence in June 1960.
Like many former colonial countries Madagascar went through various political states like uprisings, provisional governments, single-party rule, socialist economic policies, and threat of secession.
Today the country is on a slow and steady economical and political growth path from an extremely low level.

Madagascar is geographically relative close to: Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa

related countries: France, United Kingdom

@ kermit_criminal

maybe your theory for first migration is right, but that island couple times mentioned on Majapahit kingdom literature, that majapahit once sending some expedition to that island