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Fiji Colonialism

Fiji Colonialism

 


What is Colonialism ?

See Colony for detailed and long explanations about colonization.

The history of a country is about being conquered or being the conqueror of another country.

A country can dominate another or be dominated?

Tell, explain, discuss the colonization in this country. Tell who, when, where, why, and what happened. When did it start, and when did it end, or did it end.

As a traveler I have notices that a country that in the past was the colonizer of a country will return to visit the country in the future as a tourist. So in former French Colonies you will encounter French people and in former English Colonies you will meet English people, and so on and so forth.

TYPE OR WAYS OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE RULED?
1. Colonies of settlement.
2. Colonies of exploitation
3. Missionary Colonies - i.e. reducciones in South America by the Spanish
4. Protectorates: A relationship between two states in which the stronger state guarantees to protect the weaker one from external aggression or internal disturbance in return for full or partial control over its foreign and domestic affairs.
5. Mandates
6. Trusteeship system

Colony - Colonialism


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SUNIL BHAN
The Forgotten Girmitiyas
portland - oregon - USA
2006-12-09 02:06:55

Synopsis: From Sugar Cane to Suva

From Sugar Cane to Suva tells the story of Indo-Fijian relations from Fiji’s colonial period in the late 1800s to present day politics. The story will be told in two parts.



From Sugar Cane to Suva, Part I: The Forgotten Girmitiyas

The Forgotten Girmitiyas will tell the story of the Indian indentured laborers first brought to Fiji from India by British colonists in 1879. We will investigate the lives of these indentured laborers and attempt to show how their presence in Fiji changed the cultural landscape of Fiji forever.



From Sugar Cane to Suva, Part II: The Indo-Fijian Future

The Indo-Fijian Future will tell the story of the post-colonial power struggle in Fiji between ethnic Indians and native Fijians, starting with the country’s independence in 1970 and including events through 2006.


Director’s Mission Statement

As an Indo-Fijian myself, I was raised to believe that the indigenous Fijians could do no wrong. Not only that, as I was growing up, I didn’t fully understand why all the coup stuff was happening in our government. When I came to America and studied filmmaking, I began to delve more deeply into Fiji’s history at the same time. I realized that a whole portion of Fiji’s history had been overlooked by the history books, and I saw a connection between this forgotten history and the ongoing political, cultural, and economic upheaval in my birth country.

As I went through primary school and high school, I realized that not only did they not write or teach about girmitiya history, we didn’t have Girmit Day (May 15) or any museums or memorials dedicated to the girmitiya in Fiji at that time. It has taken 125 years for this story to be told. We in Fiji have paid a dear price for the sins of the British colonial powers, and we need to find a solution to the legacy they left us: the ongoing power struggle between Indians and Fijians. I hope that, with my own telling of the girmitiya story, I can be part of that solution.


DOC FILM WILL BE READY MAY 15 2008
www.karishmamotionpictureproductions.com

1877: Circular badge of foliage and crossed war-clubs with a superimposed shield bearing a mermaid looking at herself in a hand mirror.
1882: The Colonial Office wrote to the Admiralty that M. des Volux had complained about the device for the badge of the colony and suggested a simpler one. Apparently it was thought that it had been based on the Public Seal, but was actually the Seal of the Supreme Court of Fiji.
1883: Admiralty approved, \\\"as the badge for the colony and the device for its flag\\\", a white disc with the word FIJI beneath the crest of the Royal Arms (crown surmounted by lion). This, at the time, was similar to the badge of British Columbia which was the crest of the Royal Arms between the letters B C.
1908: Arms granted on 4th July on a white disc.
1924: A letter dated 8th May informed the Colonial Office that instructions to remove the white circle had been issued by the governor. (ADM 116/1847B). Admiralty Flag Book 1930, plate 35; under Fiji, notes that there is no white circle.
1970: Current flags.


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