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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 Christiany.[7]

Roko Malani (1879-1933)

Ratu Kuliniyasi Roko Malani (1) (1879-1933) [8] held the colonial government-district administrator of Kavula sub district[9] (Buli Kavula) in Nakorotubu and was a Fijian high chief of Ra province. He was the son of Ratu Amenatave Dewalarua and Seleima Veinoyaki and grandson of Ratu Meli Salabogi (1) who was mentioned in the W.J. Smythe report.[10].

Married Adi Asinate Senirewa from the Vuanirewa clan in Lau, the daughter of Roko Vilisoni Tuiketei (younger brother of Roko Malani (2) (died 1890)) who named this Roko Malani from Ra at birth.[11]

Roko Malani (1937-2013)

Ratu Kuliniyasi Roko Malani (2), (1937-2013) [12] was a Fijian high chief of Ra province. He was the brother of Adi Laufitu Malani and grandson of Ratu Kuliniyasi Roko Malani (1) and had traditionally endorsed and spent a night at Vatanitawake in Bau during the Vunivalu of Bau installation in 1959. [13]

References

  1. ^ a b Munro 1996, p. 103.
  2. ^ Thornley 2000, p. 64.
  3. ^ Spurway 2015, p. 40.
  4. ^ a b Munro 1996, p. 93.
  5. ^ a b Thornley 2000, p. 63–64.
  6. ^ a b Spurway 2015, p. 73.
  7. ^ Spurway 2015, p. 70.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ House of Chiefs (Fiji) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Chiefs_(Fiji)
  10. ^ British Parliamentary Report on the Status of the Fiji Cession, 1862.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Fiji Times Editorial Comment, '50 years on, Kubuna Beckons', pg 2, Sept 18, 2009.
  13. ^ 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

Sources

  • 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}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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