HYF01

INTROD
ASSESSMENT 2:
UCTION CRITICALLY
TO EVALUATE AND
ORGANISE
PACIFIC INFORMATION.
HISTOR
Y.

Name: Koroi Laubili

ID: S11204429
Campus: Laucala
Mode: Print Mode
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Questions/ Book Source Internet Source Interview Source

topic
s/sub topics Brantlinger, Degei B. Sekove. “The Challenge Inoke Bakoso of Viwa
of research Patrick. “Taming to Fijian Methodism- the Vanu, Island (villager).
Cannibals”: Race identity, ethnicity and change”.
and the Victorious, Found in Interviewed by Koroi
Lorell University Laubili (self)
Press, 2011 https://researchcommons.waikato 17th of April 2021
.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/248
1/thesis.pdf?
sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Accessed on the 14th of April 2021
@3:45pm

Sub Topic 1 Notes Notes Notes

Viwa before  The people  The people had no  Viwa was

Christianity practice contact of the western simply an
Cannibalis world and its lifestyle isolated
m.  At this time Fiji was feared island.
 Social by other islands such as  Bau Alliance-
structure Tonga for their war-like Viwa was the
and land disposition. only close
are ruled and true ally
by only the of the chiefly
conqueror island of Bau.
s of the  Cannibalism
land. was
practiced as
victory feast
in the island.

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Questions/t Book Source Internet Source Interview Source

opic/
s/sub topics Brantlinger, Patrick. Degei B. Sekove. “The Challenge to Ilisoni Brown of Viwa
of research. “Taming Cannibals”: Fijian Methodism- the Vanu, identity, Island (villager)
Race and the ethnicity and change”. Found in
Victorious, Lorell Interviewed by Koroi
University Press, https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz Laubili (self) on the
2011 /bitstream/handle/10289/2481/thesis.pdf 17th of April 2021
?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Accessed on the 14th of 2021 @ 10:27pm

Sub Topic 2 Notes: Notes: Notes:

Arrival of  Missionaries  The arrival of missionaries with  Few

the arrived and motives of converting the i- missionaries
Missionaries lived for Taukei people to Christianity but came to the
years couldn’t right away because, island such as
among the I- according to them cannot be a Reverend
taukei one-way affair. William Cross
people who  When missionaries arrived to and Reverend
welcomed Viwa island there were still some John Hunt.
them into acts of cannibalism  As the chief
their  They had arrived at a time when accept and
communitie a seven year long civil war had convert to
s. just passed its crises point. Christianity
 I-Taukei the people of
people Viwa island
welcoming also follow in
foreigners pursuit.
with
motives of
hospitality,
curiosity and
the desire to
using and
experiencin
g the
western
lifestyle and
goods.
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c Sourc
s/sub topics of e Degei B. Sekove. “The Challenge to Fijian Methodism- the Ilaitia Ratuvou of Viw
research Vanua, identity, ethnicity and change”. Found in Island (villager)
https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/2481/thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isA
llowed=y Interviewed by Koro
(self) on the 17th of A
2021

Sub Topic 3 Notes: Notes: Notes:

Island  Namosimalua Chief of Viwa an island on the coast of  The villagers

Responses to mainland Viti-Levu not far from Bau and one of Bau’s at doubt at fi
Missionaries. ally asked if the Lotu could also come to his island because of t
when he subsequently became a Christian. of Bau who d
 He built a large chapel in the island of Viwa the missiona
 The villagers joined him in this new form of worship when they fi
came.
 Namosimalu
chief of Viwa
time then br
the missiona
Viwa to spre
Christianity.

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Questions/ Book Source Internet Source Interview Sour

topic/
S/sub topics Brantlinger, Patrick. Degei B. Sekove. “The Challenge to Fijian Methodism- Sailosi Ralago
of research “Taming the Vanua, identity, ethnicity and change”. Found in (village headma
Cannibals”: Race Viwa island)
https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/2481/thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isA
and the Victorious,
Lorell University llowed=y Interviewed by
Press, 2011 Koroi Laubili (se
on the 17th of Ap
2021

Sub Topic 4 Notes Notes Notes

Impact of  I- Taukei  The structural framework of the vanua was not  All villag
the grew tame changed or affected as much as the social aspect convert
European and or relations amongst the people. to
Missionaries converted  Members of the society or the villagers return to Christia
to the to and enter the village with new religious ideology,  Canniba
people. Christianity customs and new norms that are different from is
because the customary one that always develop conflict restrain
many of amongst the people.  Best of
them saw the islan
conversion received
as the way Jesus as
out of their their sa
destructing and
wars that Christia
ends in as their
cannibal religion
feast.  Howeve
few villa
still beli
that
followin
the whi
man’s w
would b
disgrace
the
traditio
Taukei
culture

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