Almost all renowned singers of that time like Haripada Roy, Umapada Bhattacharyya, Sati Devi, Kanak Das, Saila Devi, Sabitri Ghosh, Kanak Das, Tarapada Chakraborty, Suprava Sarkar, Supriti Ghosh, Jaganmay Mitra etc. recorded “Himangshu Dutta-er Gaan”.
Some buildings from a later period include the "Kanak Building" (now housing offices of Citibank and Standered Chartered Bank) at the junction of Middleton Street, "Virginia House" (housing the headquarters of ITC) and the New Market Watch Tower building.
A cultural leader in the promotion of the indigenous Kanak culture, the modern Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is named in his honour.
In 2005, the Kunsthalle exhibited Feridun Zaimoğlu's work "Kanak Attack. The Turk's third siege?" (a "flag installation").
The name l'Avenir Ensemble reflects the party's desire to unite New Caledonians of all ethnic groups (White Europeans, Melanesian Kanaks, Polynesian immigrants, etc.) into a shared future, rejecting the ethnic oppositions of the hitherto dominant parties of New Caledonia (White anti-independence parties vs. Kanak pro-independence parties).
The Matignon Agreements of 1988, an agreement for increased New Caledonian territorial autonomy between the French government, Kanak independence activists and French settlers.