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A selection of books highlighting the customs, history and culture of Rotuma

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  • Woven Gods

    Female Clowns and Power in Rotuma

    Hereniko, Vilsoni
    This is a study of the female ritual clowns of Rotuma, a small island north of Fiji. It examines the central role of these women in production of fine mats and the celebration of marriage. Hereniko combines ethnographic accounts with fictional…
    Book, 1995Honolulu, Hawai'i : University of Hawai'i Press, [1995] — 996.11 HER
  • Rotuma 'otou Hanu̲ Pumue

    My Precious Home Rotuma

    Book, 2023[Auckland, N.Z.] : Reading Warrior, 2023. — J 305.235 ROT
  • Island Legacy

    a History of the Rotuman People

    Howard, Alan, 1934-
    A history of the people from Rotuma Island (Fiji) from legendary times (based on oral history, archaeological, and linguistic evidence), through the era of British colonial domination, until the end of the twentieth century.
    Book, 2007Victoria, B.C. : Trafford Pub., ©2007. — 306.09961 HOW
  • Rotuma; the place I call home; the place of My Memories, My Heart and My Love. This book is a selection of poems written in both the Rotuman language and English and translated accordingly. The poems in this book were collected and written over 18…
    Book, 2023Auckland, New Zealand : Moanaroa Publishing - Pacifica Arts Centre ; [2023]. — 899.59 SOL
  • Learning to Be Rotuman

    Enculturation in the South Pacific

    Howard, Alan, 1934-
    Book, 1970New York : Teachers College Press, [1970] — 996.11 HOW
  • Book, 1960Auckland, N.Z. : Watterson and Roddick, [1960] — 398.2 LEG
  • Pasefika

    the Festival of Pacific Arts

    Takeuchi, Floyd K.
    Book, 2011Honolulu, Hawaii : 2LDK Media, c2011. — 990 TAK
  • The Pacific Islands

    Environment and Society

    Book, 2013Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013] — 990 PAC