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2 unusual facts about Roko


Roko

Roko Belic, an American film director, producer, cinematographer, and actor

Vuetasau

Viliame (William) Vuetasau (c.1820-1857) was the son of Roko Malanivosa, the seventh Roko Sau of Lau and second Tui Nayau and Ciri of Taqalevu.


Alifereti Finau Ulugalala

As Alifereti Finau was still a minor, the title was succeeded to by his cousin Eroni Loganimoce, Roko Taliai Tupou’s son.

In 1898 with the death of Roko Eroni Loganimoce, Ratu Penaia Kadavulevu, Vunivalu of Bau, went to Lau and made Finau Sau ni Vanua and Tui Nayau ahead of Ratu Salesi Kinikinilau (Roko Eroni's son and Finau's rival for the title).

Litiana Maopa

She married Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi I in November, 1886, with whom she had six children, including Adi Vuikaba, Ratu Tiale Vuiyasawa, Adi Salote Mokoiwaqa, Adi Kacaraini Loaloakubou and Ratu Sir Josefa Vanaaliali Lalabalavu Sukuna, one of Fiji's greatest statesmen of the 20th century, not to mention her youngest child - Dr Ratu Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata, father of former Vice-President and Roko Tui Bau, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi.

Lovoni

The Lovoni people, being an independent kingdom with several strategic tributaries, ensured their role as mercenaries of war in the central Fijian province of Lomaiviti, which at the time of European contact, was undergoing a major power struggle between the Noble Houses of Verata and their ally and kin the House of the Roko Tui Bau and the rising power of the Vunivalu of Bau.

Roko Ukić

Roko Leni got his first name after his grandfather and his middle name after drummer Lenny White.

The father of Roko Ukić is Zoran Ukić, drummer of the Split-based rock band The Obala and former drummer of the dissolved Daleka Obala.


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