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Title

One and a half Pacific islands : stories the Banaban people tell of themselves = Teuana ao teiterana n aba n te Betebeke : I-Banaba aika a karakin oin rongorongoia / edited by Jennifer Shennan and Makin Corrie Tekenimatang.

Publication

[Wellington, N.Z.] : Victoria University Press, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Shennan, Jennifer.
• Tekenimatang, Makin Corrie.

Description

264 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm.

Summary

This book was published on 15 December 2005 to mark 60 years since the entire population of Banaba (Ocean Island) were relocated from their homeland, which now lies within the territory of Kiribati, to Rabi Island in Fiji, thus freeing up Banaba for continued phosphate mining which enriched the agriculture industry of other countries, principally New Zealand and Australia. One and a Half Pacific Islands is made up of stories of the Banabans themselves - memories of their ancestors, personal accounts of the often terrible events of the 20th century, and stories of their resurgent life on Rabi today. These stories have been gathered by Makin Corrie Tekenimatang and Jennifer Shennan and are accompnied by photographs by John Casey. In addition there are valuable historical accounts and photographs of early 20th-century Banaba.

Alternative Title

Teuana ao teiterana n aba n te Betebeke

Subject

• Manners and customs
• Essay
• Indigenes Volk
• Kollektives Gedächtnis
• Umsiedlung
• Umweltgefährdung
• Banaba (Kiribati) > Social life and customs
• Rabi Island (Fiji) > Social life and customs
• Banaba (Kiribati) > History
• Kiribati > Banaba
• Fidschi
• Kiribati
• Mikronesien
• Ozeanien

Genre/Form

• Anecdotes
• History
• Anecdotes.

Note

• Errata slip inserted.
• "This book is published on 15 December 2005 to mark 60 years since the entire population of Banaba (Ocean Island) were relocated from their homeland ... to Rabi Island, thus freeing up Banaba for continued phosphate mining"--Back cover.

Contents

Taraan oin abau -- Glimpses of the homeland. 1. Introduction / Makin Corrie Tekenimatang and Jennifer Shennan. Four legends / Makin Corrie Tekenimatang. 2. Te buaka i Tairua i Banaba -- The battle at Tairua on Banaba. 3. Te rongorongo ni Nanikaro -- The tale of Nanikaro. 4. The tale of Tabakea and Auriaria. 5. The tale of Na Buni. 6. Anakin te ran man Te bangabanga are 'Te Ba' -- The underground caves of Banaba / Tenamauea Kabanti. 7. Te kabwane eitei -- Catching a frigate bird / Karoro Tekenimatang -- Ara ikawai -- Our leaders. 8. Na Rota Kain Banaba -- Rota's story / Teitirake Tekinimatang. 9. Nei Tenamauea -- Tenamauea's story / Tenamauea Kabanti. 10. Nei Makin -- Makin's story / Makin Corrie Tekenimatang. 11. Kabunare's story / Michael Field. 12. Na teitawana -- A senseless death / Teweiariki Teaero. 13. Na taomati / Tama Taomati and Ranga Teitirake. 14. Kanimea's mission and passion / Teweiariki Teaero. 15. My days at Motawa / Banea. 16. Strong currents / Tuari Itaia. 17. A minister visits Banaba / Rev. Semota Ekeaua. 18. Euneke -- traditional healer of Uma Village / Numaniti Christine Teiannang. 19. 'Ocean Island/Banaba' / Rev. Koririnnang Manibwe. 20. The will to live / Butau Bureitetau. 21. Caretaking the resources / Deaconess Wabuti Rouben. 22. A story about adoption / Maere Kaireiti. 23. Women's interest group / Arariki Kaake. 24. Looking after my family / Mere Timoteo. 25. Fishing and carving on Rabi / Tiroba Tabuariki. 26. Teaching English at Rabi High School / Tumeima Rotan Wiriam. 27. Thirty-three years of teaching / Raratu Burenteweia. 28. Buakonikai Primary School / Alita Tebaia. 29. Thoughts from a teacher / Katarina Dimainukusa. 30. Disaster strikes at Buakonikai / Tion Katangateman. 31. Laughter and joy in the village / Kaitama Tebaiti Tawaka. 32. Dancing and massage / Kaiao Borerei. 33. An island flowing with milk and honey / Rev. Itaaka Eri. 34. It's good to know both sides / Veronica Toaia McGhee. 35. Teaiwa's kainga / Katerina Teaiwa. 36. Banaban routes and roots -- a dialogue / Wolfgang Kempf and Taomati Teai. 37. Feelings of connectedness -- the Banabans and their home islands / Elfriede Hermann & Taiman Tebitaki Kokoria. 38. A kind of heaven / Betuao Chung. 39. Born on Banaba / Barbara Dreaver -- Ara ataei -- Our youngsters. 40. This life on Rabi / Kiaimoa Tekenimatang. 41. The young man and the sea / Bubutei Teaoti. 42. Getting to school on time / Takenteiti Corrie. 43. Maybe to study agriculture? / Teria Tekenimatang. 44. Maybe to become a doctor? / Totea Timoa. 45. Maybe to become a teacher? / Aroiti Tikaua. 46. A photo of my father / Tearoba Teaiwa. 47. Maybe to see my little brother one day? / Kauae Tekanabu. 48. Maybe to become a pilot? / William Tabuariki. 49. Culture and craft at Rabi High School / Merea Timoteo. 50. Maybe to become a house builder? / John Tekenimatang. 51. Proud to be a pupil / Mautera Ratai Michael Alphonso. 52. Learning to fish / Joseph Paul Tuari. 53. A tidal wave on Rabi / Francesco Pio Tuari. 54. The special rock at Mokai / Serah Tabuariki. 55. My dancing experience / Teitinikaeke Tekenimatang. 56. My dream / Tioua Tabuariki. 57. Decembers on Rabi / Taniera Tekenimatang -- I-matang -- Those from outside. 58. Diary, Ocean island, 1900 / Albert Ellis. 59. Six months on a South Sea island / Lilian Arundel. 60. Ocean Island / William Mahaffy. 61. A letter to the Banaban people / Jennifer Orange. 62. Ko-na Mauri / Joan Milne. 63. My life on Ocean Island / Mary Hunt. 64. Closer to home than any place I've got / Paul Wolffram and Bill Muir. 65. A pendant of phosphate rock / Helen Pilkinton. 66. My father, Paul Laxton / Hilary Laxton Kerrod. 67. Banaban dance / Beth Dean Carell. 68. Frigate birds on the wing / Jennifer Shennan. 69. A Banaban journey / Gerard Hindmarsh. 70. Drifting with the Banaban / Fr Donal McIlraith. 71. Letter to Banaba / Helen Tionisio.

ISBN

• 9780864735232 (pbk.)
• 0864735235 (pbk.)

LCCN

2006373660

OCLC

• ocm69676764
• 69676764
• SCSB-1436775

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library