We used to eat people: Revelations of a Fiji Islands Traditional Village

by R.M.W. Dixon

Living in a reed hut on Taveuni--the "garden isle" of Fiji--the author studied the native language and carefully observed their traditions until he was accepted as a (somewhat unusual) member of the village.

Despite five cyclones the summer of 1985, daily life was idyllic. Cannibalism has been abandoned, reluctantly, at the behest of the new Christian God. But the old religion survived beneath the facade and priests danced naked on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476671818
• ISBN13: 9781476671819
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher