I-European yokuqala yokuvakashela le ndawo kwakuyi-Dutch Taster Abel Aberman ngo-1643. Umgibeli waseNgilandi uJames Cook naye wabuyela ngaphesheya kwendawo ngo-1774. Umuntu ovame ukubizwa ngokuthi "ukutholakala" kweFiji kwakuyiCaptain William Bligh, owahamba ngeFiji ngo-1789 no-1792 ngemva kokuthungulwa kwe- HMS Bounty .
Ikhulu le-19 leminyaka laliyisikhathi sokuphazamiseka okukhulu eziqhingini zaseFiji.
AbaseYurophu bokuqala ukuba bafike eFiji babesemkhunjini okhungethwe umkhumbi nabasolwa ababalekile emakholweni aseBrithani ejele. Ngezithunywa zevangeli zekhulu leminyaka zafika eziqhingini zaqala ukuguqulwa kwabantu baseFijiya ebuKristwini.
Le minyaka yaphawulwa yimpi yezempi yezombusazwe yamandla abaholi abanobudlelwane baseFijian. Abaningi abavelele phakathi kwalaba baholi kwakunguRatu Seru Cakobau, inkosi ephakeme kakhulu empumalanga yeViti Levu. Ngo-1854 uCakobau waba ngumholi wokuqala weFijiya ukwamukela ubuKristu.
Iminyaka yempi yamazwe yaphela okwesikhashana ngo-1865, lapho kuhlanganiswa imibuso yabantu basekhaya kanye nomthethosisekelo wokuqala weFiji wakhiwa futhi wasayinwa yizikhulu eziyisikhombisa ezizimele zaseFiji. UCakobau ukhethwe ngumengameli iminyaka emibili elandelana, kodwa u-confederacy wawa lapho umphikisi wakhe omkhulu, oyinhloko yaseTongan ogama lakhe linguMa'afu, efuna umongameli ngo-1867.
Ukuhlukumezeka kwezombusazwe nokungazinzeki kwaqhubeka, njengoba ithonya lasentshonalanga laqhubeka likhula ngamandla.
Ngo-1871, ngokusekelwa kwabaseYurophu abangaba ngu-2000 eFiji, eCakobau yamenyezelwa inkosi futhi kwaqalwa uhulumeni waseLevuka. Uhulumeni wakhe, kodwa, wabhekana nezinkinga eziningi futhi akazange amukele kahle. Ngo-Okthoba 10, 1874, emva komhlangano wezinduna ezinamandla kunabo bonke, iFiji yahanjiswa e-United Kingdom.
Umthetho wesiNgisi
UMbusi wokuqala weFiji ngaphansi kokubusa kwaseBrithani kwakunguSir Arthur Gordon. Izinqubomgomo zikaSir Arthur kwakufanele zibeke isiteji sezinengi zeFiji ekhona namhlanje. Ngomzamo wokulondoloza abantu kanye namasiko eFiji, uSir Arthur wayeka ukuthengiswa kwezwe laseFijiya kubantu abangewona amaFijiya. Wabe esungula uhlelo lokulawulwa kwemvelo olulinganiselwe olwamvumela amaFijiya asekuqaleni ukuthi asho ezindabeni zawo siqu. Kwaphakanyiswa umkhandlu wezinduna ukweluleka uhulumeni ezindabeni eziphathelene nabantu bomdabu.
Ngomzamo wokukhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa komnotho, uSir Arthur wabeka uhlelo lokutshala eziqhingini zaseFiji. Wathola isipiliyoni sangaphambili nesistimu yokutshala njengombusi weTrinidad noMauritius. Uhulumeni wamema i-Australian Colonial Sugar Refining Company ukuvula imisebenzi eFiji, okwenza ngayo ngo-1882. Inkampani yasebenza eFiji kuze kube ngu-1973.
Ukuze kuhlinzekwe ngemisebenzi eshibhile engezona zomdabu emasimini, uhulumeni wayebheke ekoloni lomqhele waseNdiya. Ukusuka ngo-1789 kuya ku-1916 amaNdiya angaphezu kwama-60,000 ayelethwa eFiji njengomsebenzi ongatholakali. Namuhla, inzalo yalezi zisebenzi yenza cishe abantu abangu-44% baseFiji. I-akhawunti yaseMelika yase-Fiji cishe ngama-51% wabantu.
Bonke abanye bangamaShayina, amaYurophu, nabanye abaqhingi basePacific.
Kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka ye-1800 kwaze kwaba ngama-1960, iFiji yahlala emphakathini ohlukaniswe ngokobuhlanga, ikakhulukazi ngokumelela kwezombangazwe. AmaFijiya, amaNdiya nabaseYurophu bonke bakhetha noma bakhetha abameli babo emkhandlwini wezomthetho.
Ukuzimela kanye Nezingxabano
Ukunyakaza kokuzimela kwama-1960 akuzange kuphunyuke eziqhingini zaseFijian. Ngenkathi kudingeke ukuthi kudingeke ukuthi uhulumeni azimele, izingxoxo eFiji naseLondon zagcina ziholela ekuziphenduleleni kwezombusazwe kweFiji ngo-Okthoba 10, 1974.
Iminyaka yokuqala yokuqala ye-republic entsha yaqhubeka ibona uhulumeni ohlukanisiwe ngokobuhlanga, ne-Alliance Party ebusayo elawulwa amaFijiya asekuqaleni. Ukucindezelwa okuvela emithonjeni eminingi yangaphakathi nangaphandle kwaholela ekwakhiweni kweQembu Labasebenzi ngo-1985, okuyinto, ngokubambisana ne-Indian National Federation Party, eyinqobe lika-1987.
Kodwa-ke, iFiji, ayikwazi ukuphunyuka kalula i-racially yayo ehlukanisiwe. Uhulumeni omusha waphonswa masinyane emaphoyiseni. Ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuxoxisana nokuhlukunyezwa komphakathi, uhulumeni wesifundazwe waphindela amandla ngonyaka we-1992 ngaphansi komthethosisekelo omusha onzima kakhulu ngenxa yeningi labantu bomdabu.
Ukucindezelwa kwangaphakathi nangaphandle kwamanye amazwe kwaholela ekubeni kuqokwe ikhomishini emele ngo-1996. Le khomishana yancoma enye umthethosisekelo omusha owawuthathwa ngonyaka ozayo. Lo mthethosisekelo uhlinzekwa ukuhlonishwa kwezintshisekelo ezincane futhi usungulwe iKhabhinethi enezinkampani eziningi.
U-Mahendra Chaudhry ufungelwe njengoNdunankulu, waba nguNdunankulu wokuqala we-Indo-Fijian weFiji. Ngeshwa, ukuphinde kube khona umbuso wabantu wawuhlala isikhathi esifushane.
NgoMeyi 19, 2000, izinyunyana zamabutho aphezulu kanye nabasosha bezinhlanga eziholwa ngumabhizinisi uGeorge Speight bathatha amandla ngokusekelwa yiMkhandlu Omkhulu weKhomishana, umhlangano ongakhethiwe wezikhulu zendabuko. I-Chaudry kanye neKhabhinethi yakhe babanjwa ngamasonto ambalwa.
Inkinga ka-2000 yaphela ngokungenelela komphathi wezempi uFrank Bainimarama, u-Fijian wendabuko. Ngenxa yalokho, uChaudry waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye. Isigameko sagcina sigcinwe ngamacala okukhwabanisa. I-Laisenia Qarase, futhi i-Fijian yendabuko yaqokwa kamuva.
Ngemuva kwamasonto okuhlukunyezwa nokwesatshiswa kokubambisana, impi yaseFijiya, iphinde iphinde ilawulwe yi-Commodore Frank Bainimarama ngokuthatha umbuso ngoLwesibili, ngoDisemba 5, 2006 ekuqhumeni okungenanjongo. I-Bainimarama ixoshe uNdunankulu uKarase futhi ithatha amandla omengameli kuMongameli uRatu Joseph Iloilo ngesithembiso sokuthi maduzane uzobuyisela amandla ku-Iloilo kanye nohulumeni omusha osanda kuqokwa.
Nakuba bobabili i-Bainimarama neKarase beyiziNdawo zaseFijiya, ngokusobala lo mbhikisho wabangelwa iziphakamiso zikaKarase ezizozuzisa amaFijiya asekuqaleni ukuba abulale abantu abancane, ikakhulukazi amaNdiya angamazwe. I-Bainimarama yaphikisana nalezi ziphakamiso njengezingalungile kubantu abancane. Njengoba i-CNN ibike ukuthi "Amasosha athukuthele ukuthutha kukahulumeni ukuletha umthetho ozobanika isibopho kulabo abathintekayo kulokhu (2000)." Kuphikisana nezikweletu ezimbili uBaimimarama athi azikhombise ngokungafanele iningi labantu baseFijiya bomdabu ngamalungelo omhlaba ngobuncane be-Indian . "
Ukhetho oluvamile lwenzeka ngo-17 Septhemba 2014. Iqembu laseFiji leBainimaramaIqembu lokuqala laphumelela ngamaphesenti angu-59.2%, futhi ukhetho lwabonakala lunokwethenjelwa yiqembu lababonisi bamazwe ngamazwe abavela e-Australia, e-India nase-Indonesia.
Ukuvakasha kweFiji Namuhla
Naphezu komlando wayo wezingxabano zezombangazwe nezombusazwe, esivela eminyakeni engaba ngu-3500, iziqhingi zaseFiji ziye zahlala zihambele izindawo ezihambelayo . Kunezizathu eziningi ezinhle zokuhlela i-visi t yakho . Lesi siqhingi sigcwele amasiko amaningi namasiko . Kodwa kubalulekile ukuthi izivakashi zilandele ikhodi efanele yokugqoka kanye nemfanelo .
Abantu baseFiji baziwa ngokuthi bangabungane kakhulu futhi banomoya wokungenisa izihambi kunoma yiziphi iziqhingi eNingizimu Pacific. Ngenkathi abantu baseziqhingini bengavumelani ezindabeni eziningi, bayabona yonke indawo ekuqapheliseni ukubaluleka kokuhweba kwezivakashi ezisekuseni labo. Eqinisweni, ngoba ezokuvakasha ziye zahlupheka ngenxa yezingxabano zeminyaka yamuva nje, kutholakala ama-bargains amahle kakhulu okuhamba. Ukuze abahambi abafisa ukubalekela inani elikhulu labavakashi ngokuvamile abatholakala kwenye indawo eNingizimu Pacific, iFiji iyindawo ephelele.
Ngo-2000 cishe izivakashi ezingu-300 000 zafika eziqhingini zaseFiji. Nakuba lezi ziqhingi zingenye zezindawo zokuvakasha ezithandwa kakhulu ezakhamuzi zase-Australia naseNew Zealand, kwafika izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-60 000 ezivela e-United States naseCanada.
Imithombo Ye-Inthanethi
Imithombo eminingi iyatholakala ku-intanethi ukukusiza ekuhleleni iholide eziqhingini zaseFiji. Izivakashi ezifanelekile kufanele zivakashele isayithi elisemthethweni le-Fiji Visitors Bureau lapho ungabhalisela khona uhlu lwazo lokuposa oluneziphesheli ezishisayo nezikhethekile. I-Fiji Times inikeza ukubhekwa okuhle kakhulu kwesimo sezombusazwe samanje eziqhingini.
Ngenkathi isiNgisi sisalokhu ulimi olusemthethweni lweFiji, ulimi lwesiFijiya lwendabuko lugcinwa futhi lukhulunywa kabanzi. Ngakho-ke, uma uvakashela iFiji, ungamangali uma umuntu ehamba kuwe futhi athi "bula ( mbula )" okusho ukuthi "hello" kanye "ne-vinaka wali levu (vee naka wali layvoo)" okusho ukuthi ngiyabonga njengoba bakubonisa ukwazisa ngesinqumo sakho sokuvakashela izwe labo.