BANABA

bənäˈbə or Ocean Island, island (1990 pop. 284), 2.2 sq mi (5.7 sq km), central Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati, in the Gilbert Islands. The island was first visited by the British in 1804, was annexed in 1900, and from 1907 was the administrative capital of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II. The inhabitants are largely Micronesians. Banaba had important phosphate deposits, but mining was discontinued in 1979.

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books on: Banaba  - 44 results

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1.
Micronesian Religion and Lore: A Guide to Sources, 1526-1990
Book by Douglas Haynes, William L. Wuerch, G. E. Gorman; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Folklore--Micronesia--Bibliography, Micronesia--Religion--Bibliography
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Anthropologists in the Field: Cases in Participant Observation
Book by Lynne Hume, Jane Mulcock; Columbia University Press, 2004
Subjects: Anthropological Ethics, Ethnology--Field Work, Ethnology--Methodology, Participant Observation
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Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
Book by James S. Olson, Robert Shadle, Ross Marlay, William G. Ratliff, Joseph M. Rowe Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: Europe--Colonies--History--Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1492---Encyclopedias, History, Modern--Encyclopedias
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A Political Chronology of South-East Asia and Oceania
Book by David Lea, Colette Milward, Annamarie Rowe; Europa Publications, 2001
Subjects: Asia, Southeastern--Politics And Government--Chronology, Oceania--Politics And Government--Chronology
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Pacific Centuries: Pacific and Pacific Rim History since the Sixteenth Century
Book by Dennis O. Flynn, Lionel Frost, A. J.H. Latham; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Pacific Area--Economic Conditions, Pacific Area--History
...Australian wheat, pastures, and sheep populations depended upon superphosphates, while two tropical Pacific islands, Nauru and Banaba, happen to have been endowed with some of the richest guano in the world. These islands have been decimated, but the 5,000 Nauruans...
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journal articles on: Banaba  - 9 results

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Reconfigurations of Place and Ethnicity: Positionings, Performances and Politics of Relocated Banabans in Fiji
Journal article by Wolfgang Kempf, Elfriede Hermann; Oceania, Vol. 75, 2005
Subjects: Ethnic groups--Political aspects, Ethnic groups--Social aspects, Fiji--Cultural policy, Fiji--Political aspects, Indigenous peoples-government relations
...Performances and Politics of Relocated Banabans in Fiji. by Wolfgang Kempf...ethnic difference and dissonance are the Banabans of Rabi Island, an ethnic minority whose original home was Banaba Island in the Central Pacific. That this...
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Epilogue: Multicultural Relations in Fiji-Between Despair and Hope
Journal article by Margaret Jolly; Oceania, Vol. 75, 2005
Subjects: Chaudhry, Mahendra--Political activity, Fiji--Political aspects, Fiji--Social aspects, Multiculturalism--Political aspects, Multiculturalism--Social aspects
...Fiji, with indigenous, Indo-Fijian and Banaban interlocutors. Many of the papers were...indigenous Fijians, Indo-Fijians and Banabans are not the natural outcomes of autochthony...be argued other ethnic minorities like Banabans, Rotumans, Tongans, Samoans, ni-Vanuatu...
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One and a Half Pacific Islands: Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves
Journal article by David Capie; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 31, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, One and a Half Pacific Islands: Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves (Book)--Book reviews
...and a Half Pacific Islands: Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves. by David...of the tiny central Pacific island of Banaba (Ocean Island) was relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. The Banaban people had survived the islands harsh...
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The Mirab Model Twelve Years On
Journal article by Geoff Bertram; The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 11, 1999
Subjects: Oceania
...significant fraction of its labor force employed offshore (on Banaba and international shipping); I met for the first time the stunning...Schlomowitz, Ralph, and Doug Munro 1992 "The Ocean Island (Banaba) and Nauru Labour Trade, 1900-1940". Jour nal de la Societe...
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'Turning Sex into a Game': Gogodala Men's Response to the AIDS Epidemic and Condom Promotion in Rural Papua New Guinea
Journal article by Charles Wilde; Oceania, Vol. 77, 2007
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, Condoms--Analysis, Condoms--Health aspects, Condoms--Usage, HIV patients--Care and treatment, HIV patients--Health aspects, Papua New Guinea--Health aspects, Sexual ethics--Analysis, Sexual ethics--Religious aspects
...role of AKP in the community: There was a serious rascal problem in 1987, ... so Yauwaba Auma, Wabewaba Kasela and Sawaka Banaba asked some of the ringleaders if they would like to be organised into a football team. The response was very positive and...
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newspaper articles on: Banaba  - 37 results

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The Wonders of Ampalaya (& Banaba & Luyang Dilaw)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 8, 2004
The Wonders of Ampalaya ( Amp; Banaba Amp; Luyang Dilaw). Byline: IVY...the world on the combination of ampalaya-banaba and turmeric (luyang dilaw) done on both...what the Philippines has. So we added banaba and turmeric, and the result is this winning...
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Export Action Line; A Salute to Pinoy Entrepreneurs Part VIII
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2008
Subjects: Businesspeople--Appreciation, Entrepreneurs--Appreciation, Entrepreneurship--Appreciation
...condition. She focused her experimental activities on banaba leaves. Banaba (lagerstroemia speciosa) belongs to the thymelaeceae...like in the Bicol region, Bataan, Quezon and Bulacan. Banaba is usually planted for ornamental purposes because...
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8 Dead as Floods Hit Luzon; Classes and Offices Suspended Due to Monsoon Rains & Floods
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 26, 2004
...atop the hill were damaged. In barangay Banaba, also in San Mateo, 118 families were...are barangays Mali, Ginayang, Sta. Ana, Banaba, Ampid, Dulong Bayan. A total of 215 families...Most affected families came from Barangay Banaba, in Baybay Sapa. They were brought to...
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Row over Parking Space Sparks Cavite Massacre
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 20, 2005
...INDANG, Cavite Three members of a family were killed by an irate neighbor due to an argument over a parking space in Barangay Banaba Cerca last Tuesday night. The massacre happened less than a month after five people were killed in a shooting incident in...
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Tollway Greening Tack to Hit 50,000 Trees in 5 Years
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 10, 2009
Subjects: Toll roads
...their desired height, he added.Narra, bitaog, cupang, balacat, banaba, ilang-ilang and molave were among the initial species included...planting include narra, molave, dao, bagras, bitaog, ilang-ilang, banaba and balacat.As this time of the year is still planting season...
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encyclopedia articles on: Banaba  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Banaba
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BANABA b na b or Ocean Island, island (1990 pop. 284), 2.2 sq mi (5.7 sq km), central Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati...the administrative capital of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II. The inhabitants are largely Micronesians. Banaba had important phosphate deposits, but mining was discontinued in 1979. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Ocean Island
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OCEAN ISLAND Kiribati: see Banaba . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Kiribati
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Island), as well as the Gilbert and Phoenix groups and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island). Tarawa is the capital. The population...the basis of the mainly subsistence economy. The mining of Banabas once thick phosphate deposits ended in 1979. Copra, coconuts...
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Tarawa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...international airport. The population is mainly Micronesian. During World War II the colony headquarters were moved there from Banaba (formerly Ocean Island). Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese (1941 43) and fell to U.S. marines after a bloody battle. In the...


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