Indo-Fijian vegetable vendors at Labasa’s Central Market. Photo: Kalinga Seneviratne
Is Fiji’s ‘Little India’ facing extinction?
- Tens of thousands of Indians were taken to Fiji by British colonialists to be sugar cane workers, then remained at the end of their unpaid contracts
- Their descendants are now under threat; they own very little land, there’s far less sugar cane production, and Chinese businesses are arriving
Indo-Fijian vegetable vendors at Labasa’s Central Market. Photo: Kalinga Seneviratne