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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: Philip A. Snow
Publisher: Coral Gables, Fla. : University of Miami Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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Author: Alan Howard
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Category : Ethnohistory
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Author: Philip A. Snow
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Category : Fiji
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Author: W. J. E. Eason
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Category : Rotuma Island (Fiji)
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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History of Rotuma, Fijian Islands. Includes some social history, discussion of missions, land disputes, and genealogical information.

Author: Terence A. Wesley-Smith
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Category : Melanesia
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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Author: Andrew Thornley
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203402
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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Author: Alan Howard
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ISBN: 9781425111243
Category : Rotuma Island (Fiji)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A history of the people from Rotuma Island (Fiji) from legendary times (based on oral history, archaeological, and linguistic evidence), through the era of British colonial domination, until the end of the twentieth century. The book is divided into four sections. The first section presents information about Rotuma's geography; its early history as derived from myths, legends, language affinities, and the limited archaeological work done on the island; the nature of Rotuma's culture and society at the time of European intrusion in the early nineteenth century; and the forms of creative and artistic expression. The second section deals with the impact of explorers, whalers, beachcombers, and returning Rotuman sailors, as well as missionaries who visited or stayed on Rotuma for varying lengths of time. The time period covered by this section is from 1791, when the Pandora, captained by Edward Edwards, made a brief visit, to 1879, when a war between Methodist and Catholic factions culminated in an offer of cession to Great Britain. Section three provides an account of Rotuma's colonial experience, beginning with the events leading to cession; the shape of political and economic experience under colonial rule; and the health and welfare implications of colonial policies. The final section covers the Rotuman experience from the time Fiji gained independence from Great Britain in 1970 until the end of the twentieth century. This section begins with an account of changes on the island of Rotuma, followed by a consideration of the somewhat problematic relationship between Rotuma and Fiji, concluding with a look at the global Rotuman community - a community in the process of formation.

Author: Aubrey L. Parke
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203235
Category : Folk songs, Fijian
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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"This book is a collection of hanuju, fäeag tupu'a and rogrogo (myths, legends and stories) as well as some fakpeje (ceremonial speeches) and sua (songs) gathered in 1964 in Rotuma. Many of the tales refer to specific places in Rotuma and its offshore islets (called "dependencies" in the Rotuma Deed of Cession of 1881). The islet of Hatana is central to the origin myths of Rotuma. Seksek 'e Hatan is more than a record of traditions and memoirs because it includes "excerpts from an archaeologist's field notebook." This approach sets the traditions of Rotuma in an archaeological and geographical landscape, and in a context of ceremonial and traditional activities, signs and omens."--Publisher's description.