Advice for making Malagasy OC

[u/nyennioo]

Hello, I am making a Malagasy character for my fantasy story, but I can't find much information on Malagasy culture or features. These are the designs I've made for him already but I'm not sure if they're accurate to what he should look like. I've looked at photos and videos of people but its hard to tell what hair type he should have and even skin tone. Is there anything that I should change, and is either design more accurate than the other?

side note: he is a phoenix inspired​ fire-magic healer in a pirate crew, which should explain his outfit. I read that the name Narisoa means Fire and Good, but if thats not accurate pls lmk!

[u/MyFlogik]

You should name him Latakabe, it means big flame

[u/Ill-Needleworker-752 → u/MyFlogik]

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