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His admirers said he was a charismatic leader with a dazzling smile, a commoner following an ancient tradition of warrior service on behalf of an indigenous people who feared marginalisation at the hands of ungrateful immigrants. One tourist pleaded with him to stage a coup in her backyard; in private parties around the capital, Suva, infatuated women whispered 'coup me baby' in his presence. It was so easy to overlook the enormity of what he had done in planning and implementing Fiji's first military coup, to be seduced by celebrity, captivated by the excitement of the moment, and plead its inevitability as the final eruption of long-simmering indigenous discontent. A generation would pass before the consequences of the actions of Fiji's strongman of 1987, Sitiveni Rabuka, would be fully appreciated but, by then, the die had been well and truly cast. The major general did not live happily ever after. No nirvana followed the assertion of indigenous rights. If anything, misadventure became his country's most enduring contemporary trait. This is Fiji's very human story.

Coups d'état --- Democracy --- Rabuka, Sitiveni Ligamamada, --- Fiji --- Politics and government. --- History --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, --- Fig'i --- Iye Fig'i --- Feejee --- Feejee Islands --- Fiji Islands --- Fei-chi kuo --- Fei-chi --- Fei-chi chʻün tao --- Fidschi --- Republic of Fiji --- Republic of the Fiji Islands --- Fijian Republic --- Matanitu ko Viti --- Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti --- Fijī Ripablik --- Fidji --- Fichi --- Republica d'as Islas Fichi --- Ficgiege --- Fixi --- República de les Islles Fixi --- Fici adaları --- Фіджы --- Fidz︠h︡y --- Fidži --- Republika Fidži ostrva --- Фиджи --- Fidzhi --- Република Фиджи --- Republika Fidzhi --- Fidžijská republika --- Gweriniaeth Ynysoedd Fiji --- Republik Fidschi-Inseln --- Fííjii --- Fidži Vabariik --- Φίτζι --- Phitzi --- Δημοκρατία των Νησιών Φίτζι --- Dēmokratia tōn Nēsiōn Phitzi --- Fiyi --- República de las Islas Fiyi --- Fiĝioj --- Fiji uharteetako Errepublika --- République des îles Fidji --- Fidzjy --- Fidsí --- Poblacht Oileán Fhidsí --- Pobblaght Ellanyn Fiji --- Fìdi --- Fidxi --- República das Illas Fidxi --- 피지 --- Pʻiji --- Republika Fidžijskoga Otočja --- Republica dagiti Isla ti Fiji --- Republik Kepulauan Fiji --- Fídjieyjar --- Fijieyjar --- Lýðveldið Fídjieyjar --- פיג׳י --- Jamhuri ya Visiwa vya Fiji --- Viti --- Insulae Vitienses --- Insulae Fisienses --- Res Publica Insularum Vitiensium --- Fidži Salu Republika --- Fidžis --- Fidžio Salų Respublika --- Fidzsi-szigetek --- Фиџи --- Република Фиџиски Острови --- Republika Fidžiski Ostrovi --- Tlācatlahtohcāyōtl in Tlālhuāctli Fiyi --- Bidji --- Republiek Fiji-eilanden --- フィジー --- Republikken Fijiøyene --- Republikken Fijiøyane --- Fiji Orollar Respublikasi --- Republika Wysp Fidżi --- Fidźi Dwip-samuh Ganaradźja --- República de Fiji --- República de Fidji --- República das Ilhas Fiji --- Republica Insulelor Fiji --- Phiyi --- Phiyi Wat'akuna Republika --- Witi --- Республика Островов Фиджи --- Respublika Ostrovov Fidzhi --- Fiži --- Fiti --- Fidyïi --- Ködörösêse tî mbênî Fidyïi Zûa --- Fixhi --- Republika e Ishujve Fixhi --- Figgi --- Republika Fidžijských ostrovov --- Republika Fidžijski otoki --- Republika Wyspůw Fidżi --- Република Фиџи Острва --- Fidžisaarten tasavalta --- Republiken Fijiöarna --- Fidzji --- Pidyi --- Republika ng mga Pulo ng Pidyi --- Republika ng Kapuluan ng Pidyi --- Fisi --- Fiji Adaları Cumhuriyeti --- Фіджі --- Республіка Фіджі --- Respublika Fidz︠h︡i --- Cộng hòa Quần đảo Fiji --- Ficiyuäns --- Fijii --- Republik bu iil yu Fiiji --- Fici --- Fėdžis --- Fėdžė Salū Respoblėka --- 斐济 --- Feiji --- Australian --- Colony of Fiji