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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Global Girmit Museum
Sugar cane cutting and gathering by labourers
Type Museum Location
Origins Global Girmit Museum Project Team
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Fiji Services Research and curation of Fiji's Girmitiya national heritage Website globalgirmitinstitute
The Global Girmit Institute (GGI) Museum is co-located with the GGI Library at its headquarters in Saweni , Lautoka , Fiji . Girmit is a corruption of the English word, “agreement” from the indenture agreement the British government made with Indian labourers that consisted of specifics such as the length of stay in Fiji.[1] Girmityas [2] [3]
Background [ edit ]
Under the GGI Organisation ,[4] Girmitiya history in Fiji from 1879 to 1916 when some 60,500 labourers came to Fiji.[5] girmit museum.
History [ edit ]
The museum has been in the current location in Lautoka since the opening in May 2018 with the introduction of a library.
Collections [ edit ]
The museum will hold a collection of Fiji Indian artefacts as well as recordings of oral history of peoples from different linguistic backgrounds and cultures.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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References [ edit ]
^ Lal, Brij V. (1998). Crossing the Kala Pani: A Documentary History of Indian Indenture in Fiji ISBN 9780731528912
^ Tinker, Hugh (1993). A New System of Slavery: Export of Indian Labour Overseas, 1830-1920
^ "Global Girmit Museum" . FBC News . Retrieved 20 July 2021 .
^ Lal, Brij V. (2012). Chalo Jahaji: On a journey through indenture in Fiji ISBN 9781922144607
^ Siegel, Jeff (2009). Language Contact in a Plantation Environment: A Sociolinguistic History of Fiji . Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0521106160
^ Lal, Brij V., ed. (2004). Bittersweet: the Indo-Fijian Experience (PDF) . Canberra: Pandanus Books. ISBN 1-74076-117-0
^ Chand, Asha (2007). "The Fiji Indian chutney generation : the cultural spread between Fiji and Australia" . International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics . 3 2 ): 131–148. doi :10.1386/macp.3.2.131_1 .
^ Gillion, Kenneth L. (1977). The Fiji Indians: Challenge to European dominance, 1920-1946 . Canberra: ANU Press. ISBN 978-0708112915
^ Prasad, Rajendra (2014). Tears in Paradise: Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 . Glade Publishers. ISBN 978-0473171148
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