 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuputika kwehondo yekutanga yeFrance-Malagasymuna 1883 akamumanikidza kutamazve. Kubvira muna 1886 zvichienda mberi, akatungamirira basa rokuparidza kuAmbositra, makiromita 250 kumaodzanyemba kweAntananarivo. Pashure pokugara muAmbositra kwamakore mashanu, akaenda kuAndrainarivo muna 1891. Nzvimbo iyi yaiva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweguta guru uye yaiva nenzvimbo 18 dzomufundisi dzokutarisira, dziri munzvimbo dziri kure zvikurusa uye dzisingasvikiki. 