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'''''[[Roko (title)|Roko]]''''' '''Malani''' (died 1833){{sfn|Munro|1996|p=103}} was high chief of the [[Fiji]]an island of [[Lakeba]].{{sfn|Thornley|2000|p=64}} He held the title ''[[Tui Nayau]]''{{sfn|Spurway|2015|p=40}} ([[paramount chief]] of the [[Lau Islands]]) and was a popular chief.{{sfn|Munro|1996|p=93}} He increased the influence the island of Lakeba had in Fiji.{{sfn|Munro|1996|p=93}} |
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The first [[Christian missionaries]] arrived in Fiji in 1830 at Malani's request,{{sfn|Thornley|2000|p=63–64}} these were three [[Tahiti]]an missionaries of the [[London Missionary Society]].{{sfn|Thornley|2000|p=63–64}} |
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'''Roko Malani'''<ref>malanivosa part of a speech or utterance.This gives rise to the personal name,now a family name Malani(vosa) in Lau originally, but now famously at Nakorotubu,Ra. Fijian–English Dictionary: with notes on Fijian culture and natural history-Ronald Gatty. Suva,Fiji, pg 153, 2009. https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/28702</ref> (1754–1833) was a grandson of a Verata high chief '''Niumataiwalu''' translated as 'I came first at Walu beach' after his grandfather-Tuivanuakula or Tunaosara (also known as Kubunavanua)<ref>Native Lands Commission (NLC) Tukutuku ni Yavusa ko Lakeba, Ratu Jekesoni Yavala-Tubou Lakeba, Lau, 1930</ref> for winning the leadership race competition among Rokomautu's seventeen (17) grandchildren at Walu beach, Verata. Roko Malani was the eldest son of [[Rasolo]], the first [[Tui Nayau]] (Paramount Chief of [[Fiji]]'s [[Lau Islands]]), and of [[Laufitu]], a high-ranking lady of [[Totoya]] and [[Tonga]]n descent. He succeeded to the title [[Roko Sau]], after engineering a successful [[coup d'état]] and slaying his uncle, [[Matawalu]], the fourth Roko Sau, in battle. This kin slaying was the result of the latter's dislike and plan to expel Tongan settlers from [[Lakeba]]. As Roko Malani was half Tongan, his hand was forced to remove his uncle from power and eliminate his followers as an effective force on the island. Roko Malani was later installed as Tui Nayau, and thus become the second holder of this title. |
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Malani's younger brother,{{sfn|Spurway|2015|p=73}} [[Taliai Tupou]], succeeded him as ''Tui Nayau'' after Malani's death in 1833.{{sfn|Spurway|2015|p=73}}{{sfn|Munro|1996|p=103}} Malani's son, [[Vuetasau]], was among the first Fijians to convert to Christianity.{{sfn|Spurway|2015|p=70}} |
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He is described by one of the early missionaries to Lakeba as being "a good looking muscular man", and he was responsible for establishing the kingdom of the Tui Nayau in the form which it was known to the first European observers. One of his earliest campaigns resulting in the extension of his domain was to lead a battle against [[Cicia]], then an independent island, in retribution for the earlier death of his cousin [[Nayacatabu]]. He ambushed the [[Tui Cicia]], or overlord of Cicia, and his forces on [[Nayau]] and killed him. The ensuing bloodbath is still remembered by the place name where the battle occurred. This area on Nayau is called Sosoiwaidamudamu or the Swamp of Red Water. This battle brought Cicia from this point forward under the power of the Tui Nayau. In addition the islands of [[Komo, Fiji|Komo]] and [[Olorua]] were given to the [[Kabara, Fiji|Kabara]] champion and his battle ally, [[Ravu]], in recognition for Kabara's contribution to the defeat of Cicia. These two islands still remain as part of the Kabara District today. |
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Roko Malani is considered the progenitor of the noble household, ''[[Matailakeba]]''. Two of his descendants included [[Ratu]] [[Sir]] [[Kamisese Mara]], Fiji's first [[Prime Minister of Fiji|Prime Minister]] (a direct male line descendant), and Ratu Sir [[Lala Sukuna]], Fiji's first modern statesman. Roko Malani's principal wife was [[Ciri of Taqalevu|Ciri]] of [[Taqalevu]], with whom he had a son. It is likely he had other wives and offspring but there is scant record to demonstrate this. Towards the end of his reign, the first [[Christianity|Christian]] missionaries arrived in Fiji in 1830. These were three [[Tahiti]]an missionaries of the [[London Missionary Society]], sent to Lakeba to establish a church. Although it is recorded that he tolerated the early missionaries, and one of his sons [[Vaubula]] was an early convert and would later emerge as one of the first preachers amongst Fijians; he nevertheless remained faithful to the old religion. He died, as recorded by missionaries, a {{linktext|heathen}}, in 1833. |
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== Sources == |
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Roko Malani was succeeded by his younger brother, [[Taliai Tupou]]. |
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* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FoeqNDIEC7YC&q=Malani&pg=PA108|title=The covenant makers : Islander missionaries in the Pacific|date=1996|publisher=Pacific Theological College and the Institute of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific|others=Munro, Doug., Thornley, Andrew.|isbn=9820201268|location=Suva, Fiji|page=108|oclc=37027811|ref={{harvid|Munro|1996}}}} |
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* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcOMCgAAQBAJ&q=Malani&pg=PA73|title=Ma'afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji : the life and times of Fiji's first Tui Lau|last=Spurway|first=John|year=2015|isbn=978-1-925021-18-9|location=Canberra|oclc=908771405}} |
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==List of Other Roko Malani== |
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* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFJEj1h5Q2AC&q=Malani&pg=PA65|title=The inheritance of hope : John Hunt : apostle of Fiji|last=Thornley|first=Andrew|date=2000|publisher=Institute of Pacific Studies, [[the University of the South Pacific]]|isbn=9820201594|oclc=47830991}} |
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1. '''Roko Malani (2) - (1820-1890)''' of [[Lau]]. <ref>Native Lands Commission (NLC) Tukutuku ni Yavusa ko Lakeba, Ratu Jekesoni Yavala-Tubou Lakeba, Lau, 1930 </ref> |
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Younger brother of Ratu [[Tevita Uluilakeba]] (1), the [[Tui Nayau]] and grand nephew of Roko Malani (1). He named a newly birthed [[Ra]] chief as Ratu Kuliniyasi Roko Malani (1879-1933) during his stop over visit to puakaloa ''vasu'' maternal relatives at Nabukadra village in 1879 before attending a Methodist church conference in Vuda. |
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2. '''Roko Malani (1879-1933)''' of [[Ra]]. <ref> Native Lands Commission (NLC), Jone Vatuwaliwali, Nagigi, Cakaudrove, 1923. </ref> |
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Ratu Kuliniyasi Roko Malani, former Sergeant of the Fiji Armed Constabulary Force in Levuka and late [[Buli Kavula]], son of Ratu Amenatave Dewalarua and Seleima Veinoyaki and grandson of [[Ra]] chief, [[Ratu Meli Salabogi]] mentioned in the W.J. Smythe Cession Preliminary Report of 1862. Married Adi Asinate Senirewa from the [[Vuanirewa]] clan, the daughter of Roko Vilisoni Tuiketei (younger brother of Ratu [[Tevita Uluilakeba]] (1) and Roko Malani (2) who named Roko Malani from [[Ra]] during birth in 1879). They had two issues, Ratu Meli Salabogi MBE, JP (1911-1989) and Ratu [[Wilisoni Tuiketei Malani]] OBE, JP, OSTJ (1920-2005). |
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3.''' Roko Malani (1937-2013)''' of [[Ra]]. |
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Ratu Kuliniyasi Roko Malani (2), the elder brother of Adi [[Laufitu Malani]] and son of Ratu Meli Salabogi MBE, JP (1911-1989). He traditionally endorsed and spent a night at Vatanitawake in [[Bau]] during the [[Vunivalu of Bau]] installation in 1959. <ref> Fijilive website report on Ratu Kuliniyasi Roko Malani heritage endorsement as a descendant of the 1st Vunivalu- Nailatikau (1) & Grandson of Vueti the 1st [[Roko Tui Bau]] and [[Tui Viti]] when Ratu Sir George Cakobau was installed as the Vunivalu of Kubuna. ''50 years on, Bau awaits installation of Vunivalu of Bau'', Fijilive, September 18, 2009</ref><ref>Native Lands Commission (NLC), 'Tukutuku ni Yavusa Kubuna', Ratu Isoa Natuituba, 1918</ref> <ref> Genealogy on the Origin of the 1st Vunivalu from Nakorotubu, Ra presented on page 31 by the late Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Roko Tui Bau & 2006-2009 Vice President of Fiji in 'The Life and Times of Cakobau: The Bauan State to 1855'- A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Otago, New Zealand By Hurray P. Heasley, B.A. (Hons.), Otago. August, 2010. [http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/full-text/Heasley%E2%80%94Cakobau-thesis.pdf]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 23:45, 30 January 2024
Roko Malani (died 1833)[1] was high chief of the Fijian island of Lakeba.[2] He held the title Tui Nayau[3] (paramount chief of the Lau Islands) and was a popular chief.[4] He increased the influence the island of Lakeba had in Fiji.[4]
The first Christian missionaries arrived in Fiji in 1830 at Malani's request,[5] these were three Tahitian missionaries of the London Missionary Society.[5]
Malani's younger brother,[6] Taliai Tupou, succeeded him as Tui Nayau after Malani's death in 1833.[6][1] Malani's son, Vuetasau, was among the first Fijians to convert to Christianity.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Munro 1996, p. 103.
- ^ Thornley 2000, p. 64.
- ^ Spurway 2015, p. 40.
- ^ a b Munro 1996, p. 93.
- ^ a b Thornley 2000, p. 63–64.
- ^ a b Spurway 2015, p. 73.
- ^ Spurway 2015, p. 70.
Sources
[edit]- The covenant makers : Islander missionaries in the Pacific. Munro, Doug., Thornley, Andrew. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Theological College and the Institute of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific. 1996. p. 108. ISBN 9820201268. OCLC 37027811.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Spurway, John (2015). Ma'afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji : the life and times of Fiji's first Tui Lau. Canberra. ISBN 978-1-925021-18-9. OCLC 908771405.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Thornley, Andrew (2000). The inheritance of hope : John Hunt : apostle of Fiji. Institute of Pacific Studies, the University of the South Pacific. ISBN 9820201594. OCLC 47830991.