Tui Namosi

Tui Namosi

The "Tui Namosi" is a chiefly Title of the Fiji Islands and is the title held by the Paramount Chief of the Province of Namosi [The Cyclopedia of Fiji:Page 217] on the Main Island of Viti Levu.

The Current Tui Namosi is Ratu Suliano Matanitobua [From Election to Coup in Fiji: by Jonathan Fraenkel, Stewart Firth, Page 85] .

Footnotes

References

*From Election to Coup in Fiji: The 2006 Campaign and Its Aftermath, by Jonathan Fraenkel, Stewart Firth, Published by ANU E Press
*The Cyclopedia of Fiji: A Complete Historical and Commercial Review of Fiji,Published 1984 by R. McMillan, Fiji, 332 pages, Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized 3 Apr 2007
*The Pacific Way: A Memoir, By Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, University of Hawaii Press, 1997
*The Journal of the Polynesian Society, By Polynesian Society (N. Z.), Published 1943.

External Links

*Reference to [http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_10630.shtml Tui Namosi] on Fiji Government Online


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