Ma'afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji : the life and times of Fiji's first Tui Lau

Author/Creator:

Spurway, John, author

Publication/Creation:

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : Australian National University E Press, 2015

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Ma'afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji : the life and times of Fiji's first Tui Lau / John Spurway

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Open Access e-Books
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Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Maʻafuʻotuʻitonga, Enele,approximately 1825-1881
Enele Ma'afu'otu'itonga
Fiji--History

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Epigraphs -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Spelling -- Maps -- 1. Ma`afu`otu`itonga --12. ‘Ma`afu…had sailed for Feejee…’ -- ‘A fast ignorant vain young man’ -- ‘…the reformation is exploded’ -- ‘We are Kai Tonga’ -- ‘I shall be chief at Bau…’ -- ‘Tonga is too small for him…’ -- ‘A man of great energy and ambition’ -- ‘He looks every inch a chief’ -- ‘There is no doubt Ma`afu means mischief now’ -- ‘Ma`afu’s word is in the hills…’ -- ‘Sa oti, Ma`afu’ -- ‘He is regarded with much bitterness and ill-will’ -- ‘He was a very dangerous man’ -- Appendix A: Instrument signed by Ma`afu at Levuka,14 December 1859 -- Appendix B: Précis of an agreement signed between GeorgeTupou I, King of Tonga, and William Pritchard, HBMConsul to Fiji and Tonga, Nuku`alofa, 5 May 1862 -- Appendix C: Constitution of the Tovata Ko Natokalau Kei Viti,13 February 1867 -- Appendix D: Resolutions relating to Fiji passed by the Tongan general Parliament, June 1868 -- Appendix E: Law relating to Governors [Tonga 1868] -- Appendix F: Statement by George Tupou I, King of Tonga,Nuku`alofa, 3 February 1869 -- Appendix G: Formation of the Chiefdom of Lau, Lakemba,15 February 1869 -- Appendix H: Constitution of Tonga 1875: Paragraph 35 -- Appendix I: Some Tongan descendants of Ma`afu and Elenoa Ngataialupe -- Appendix J: Some Fijian descendants of Ma`afu and ElenoaGataialupe -- Appendix K: Ko E Pulupaki -- Glossary -- Bibliography . . -- Figures -- Index

Summary:

Enele Ma`afu, son of Aleamotu`a, Tu`i Kanokupolu, grew up during a time of unprecedented social and political change in Tonga following the advent of Christianity. Moving to Lau, Fiji, in 1847 when he was about 21, he skilfully exploited kinship links to establish a power base there and in eastern Cakaudrove. His achievements were recognised in 1853 when his cousin King Tupou I appointed Ma`afu as Governor of the Tongans in Fiji. Acting as a putative champion of the lotu, Ma`afu undertook successful military campaigns elsewhere in Fiji and, after adding the Yasayasa Moala and the Exploring Isles to the nascent Lauan state, he was able to establish the Tovata ko Lau, a union of Lau, Cakaudrove and Bua, with himself as head. His power was formally recognised in 1869 when the Lauan chiefs appointed him as Tui Lau, a new title in the polity of Fiji. Ma`afu was now able to challenge Cakobau for the mastery of Fiji. After serving as Viceroy during the farcical planter oligarchy known as the Kingdom of Fiji, Ma`afu underwent a severe humiliation when, in order to maintain his power in Lau, he was forced to accede to the wishes of Fiji’s other great chiefs in offering their islands to Great Britain. He would end his days as Roko Tui Lau, a ‘subordinate administrator’ in the Crown Colony of Fiji, presiding over a province characterised by corruption and maladministration but where the legacy of his earlier innovative land reforms has endured.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xxxix, 693 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits; digital, PDF file(s).

Additional Physical Form:

Also available in print form.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937377345802486

ISBN:

1-925021-18-1

OCLC Number:

908771405