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Kawakawa, near Labasa, Fiji | 2011
Descendants of indentured laborers who came from India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Roop Narayan and Basant Kumar cut sugar cane as members of Gang 12 of the Labasa Mill. Colonial-era laws prevent Indo-Fijians from owning land, so they must lease their holdings from native Fijian landlords and work as tenant farmers.
- Copyright
- © Preston Merchant
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- 3888x2592 / 3.7MB
- Keywords
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Fiji, Indian diaspora, Indiaworld, Labasa, blade, cane knife, dawn, farm, farming, labor, machete, men, sugar cane, sugarcane, sunrise, work
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- INDIAWORLD

