E\8QLYHUVLW\RI+DZDL©L3UHVV Where Has All the Music Gone? Reflections on the Fortieth Anniversary of Fiji’s Independence

On the whole it is better to explore history rather than to repress or deny it. edward said, Culture and Imperialism It is not enough to stand at a tangent of other peoples ’ conven-tions; we should be the most unforgiving critics of our own. tony judt, “on being austere and being jewish” [There is a] difference between the silence after the music, and the silence when there is no music. vincent o’sullivan, in John Mansfield Thompson: Notes towards a Biography On 10 October 2010, Fiji marked the fortieth anniversary of its indepen-dence from the United Kingdom after ninety-six years of colonial rule. It was a predictably subdued affair. The guest of honor, Sir Michael Somar