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Enele Ma'afu'atuitoga, commonly known as Ma'afu, was a man of two kingdoms being traditionally a Tongan Prince and a self forged Fijian chief. The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles Prince, from the Latin root Princeps, is a general term for a Monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family and is a Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank An equivalent title Adi (andi is used by females of chiefly rank

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A Brief History

He was born in Tongatapu, Tonga, in 1816, as the son of Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupulu In 1840 he married Elenoa Ngataialupe, with whom he had one child, Siale'ataongo, in Nukuʻalofa. Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the location of the capital Nuku{{okina}}alofa. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Aleamotu'a (1738 - 1830 was the king of Tonga who allowed the introduction of Christianity to this Pacific Archipeligo. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Nukualofa, population 22400 ( 1996) is the Capital, chief Port and largest city of Tonga. Also a Christian, Ma'afu introduced Methodist Christianity to eastern Fiji. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Ma'afu died 6 February 1881 in Lomaloma, Vanuabalavu, and was buried on the Island of Lakeba in the Village of Tubou. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lomaloma is a Village on the Fiji island of Vanua Balavu in the Lau Archipelago. Vanua Balavu (βanua mbalaβu is the second largest island in Fiji 's Lau Archipelago (not counting the islands of the Moala Group) and Lakeba (lakemba is an island in Fiji 's Southern Lau Archipelago. Tubou is a Village on the Fijian Island of Lakeba. One of eight villages on Lakeba it is considered the Capital of the Lau Islands

The Beginnings of his Kingdom

The brother and official representative of King George Tupou I, who wished to keep him away from Tonga as a potential rival for the throne, Ma'afu established himself at Lakeba as leader of the Tongan community in the Lau Islands in 1848. The Tupou dynasty of Tonga is the only remaining native constitutional monarchy of Polynesia. George Tupou I King of Tonga, originally known as Tāufaāhau I with some extra names Tupou Maeakafaua Ngininginiofolanga (in modern spelling originally Tubou Lakeba (lakemba is an island in Fiji 's Southern Lau Archipelago. The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Aligning himself with the Tui Nayau, the Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands, he went on to conquer the Moala Islands and placed them under the Tui Nayau's authority. Tui Nayau is the title held by the Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands In 1850, he bartered with the Tui Cakau, the Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove, a canoe in exchange for the islands north of Cicia. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link The Tui Cakau is the Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province in Fiji. Cakaudrove is one of fourteen Provinces of Fiji, and one of three based principally on the northern island of Vanua Levu, occupying the south-eastern third Cicia (ðiðia is a Fijian island of the Lau Group. One of the Northern Lau Islands, Cicia is Volcanic and comprised of raised Coral He went on to Vanuabalavu and took up residence in Lomaloma, after suppressing a religious war on the island. Vanua Balavu (βanua mbalaβu is the second largest island in Fiji 's Lau Archipelago (not counting the islands of the Moala Group) and Lomaloma is a Village on the Fiji island of Vanua Balavu in the Lau Archipelago. Using his alliance with the Tui Cakau and Tui Bua, or Paramount Chief of Bua, Ma'afu defeated Ritova, the Tui Macuata or Paramount Chief of Macuata, Ma'afu extended his influence through the northern island of Vanua Levu. Macuata is one of Fiji 's fourteen Provinces, and one of three based principally on the northern island of Vanua Levu, occupying the north-eastern 40 percent Vanua Levu (βanua leβu formerly known as Sandalwood Island is the second largest Island of Fiji.

War and Diplomacy

When Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the Vunivalu, by then the Paramount Chief of Bau, made his first offer to cede Fiji to the United Kingdom in 1858, William Thomas Pritchard, the British Consul, warned Ma'afu - by now the most powerful chief in northern Fiji - that under British rule, further attempts to expand his power base would not be tolerated. A Name forged in Battle The Vunivalu and the sacred Chieftain the Roko Tui Bau had many power struggles during the course of nearly a century Turaga na Vunivalu ni Bau is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, loosely translated the title means Warlord of Bau or Root of War Bau (mba u is a small Island in Fiji, off the east coast of the main island of Viti Levu. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire Ma'afu shrewdly signed an agreement denying sovereignty over Fijians and claiming to be in the islands only to oversee the Tongan population. Following Britain's decision in 1862 not to annex Fiji, however, Ma'afu resumed his attempts to extend his rule. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday In 1867, he created the Tovata Confederacy, covering most of northern and eastern Fiji. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Tovata is one of three confederacies comprising the Fijian House of Chiefs, to which all of Fiji's chiefs belong This arrangement was not a success, however, and Ma'afu retired to the island of Vanuabalavu. He maintained his claim, however, to be the overseer of the Tongan population, and when the Tui Nayau raised the Tongan flag over Lakeba, Ma'afu took control of the Lau archipelago on the pretext that its Paramount Chief had declared it be Tongan territory, rather than Fijian.

Ma'afu was faced with a crisis in June 1868, when the Tongan government disclaimed all sovereignty over Fijian territory, including the Lau Islands. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Ma'afu could no longer exercise authority over Lau as a Tongan Prince. Lauan chiefs met in Lakeba and February 1869, and granted Ma'afu the title of Tui Lau, or King of Lau, Levuka, and Ovalau. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Tui Lau is a Fijian chiefly title of recent history and of Tongan origin stemming from the time of Ma'afu and his conquests Levuka is a town on the south-east coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji of Ovalau (oβalau is the sixth largest island in Fiji 's Lomaiviti Archipelago. He was subsequently recognized as such by the chiefs of Cakaudrove and Bua in May 1869, but abdicated in favour of Cakobau and the united Fijian monarchy in 1871. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ma'afu later played a leading role in the cession of Fiji to the United Kingdom in 1874. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Ma'afu has descendants living today in Sawana and Mualevu on Vanuabalavu and Nukuni on the island of Ono-i-Lau all in the Lau archipelago and also in the Kingdom of Tonga. Sawana is a Village on the Fijian island of Vanua Balavu, in the Lau archipelago and is Part of the Tikina of Lomaloma. Ono-i-Lau is a volcanic and Coral island in Fiji 's Lau Archipelago. The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles One such descendant, Marian Ma'afu of Fiji, married Sachindra Chaudhry, son of former Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, on 20 November 2005,

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