Bula is the great great-grand nephew of the traditionally Tongan Prince and former self-forged Fijian chief, Enele Ma'afu.
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Bula made his debut at the age of 26, batting at number three and top-scoring with 44 before he was caught off part-time bowler Verdun Scott.
One of eight villages on Lakeba, it is considered the capital of the Lau Islands, being the seat of the Vuanirewa clan, a powerful chiefly family from which Fiji's longtime Prime Minister and President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920–2004) and one of Fiji's famous cricketers I. L. Bula (1921–2002), hailed.
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