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Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba (Tracking Globalization)

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Consuming Ocean Island tells the tale of the land and other folks of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was once heavily mined for phosphate, an very important ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island’s surface, the land was once rendered uninhabitable, and the indigenous Banabans were relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. Katerina Martina Teaiwa tells the tale of this human and ecological calamity by weaving together memories, records, and images from displaced islanders, colonial administrators, and employees of the mining company. Her compelling narrative reminds us of what’s at stake every time the interests of industrial agriculture and indigenous minorities come into conflict. The Banaban revel in offers insight into the plight of other island peoples facing forced migration on account of human have an effect on at the environment.


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