Fiji: ‘I-Taukei’ Or ‘Fijian”? Name Change By Decree Can’t Change Ethnic Mind-Set

Fiji: ‘I-Taukei’ Or ‘Fijian”? Name Change By Decree Can’t Change Ethnic Mind-Set   The Bainimarama government has passed a military decree that all Fiji citizens must now be called “Fijians”, while indigenous Fijians would be called “I-Taukei”.   Anonymous bloggers raged that this was part of Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s “sunset clause” strategy on the Fijian race.   An odd few, unaware of the statistical impact, rejoiced that Fiji citizens arriving in, or departing from Fiji, would...

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