Fiji in Africa

Send off of the Fiji 7s team at Cape Town

[@beverlymendheim5691]

when I saw this MEETING, I almost burst into tears of joy! AFRICA AND PASIFIKA COMING TOGETHER!

[@andyfenehia7235]

Who also tear up 😢 with me watching and listening to beautiful pacific fiji 🇫🇯 song 🎵♥ beautiful.

[@tevitasaisai5829]

No one else can sing this song better than our Fijian brothers . To God be thy Glory

[@albertg63]

You can just tell how connected we are from the harmony's and songs.

[@Speakermanmedium]

Bro tears coming out my eyes right nice nice boys 😢😢😢

[@feelthebeatz429]

Do you reckoned the voice and vocals similarity of these two nations? Fiji and Africa🤷 A big BULA from Fiji🇫🇯

[@homeboybeyondtheborders4935]

Sounds like Africa singing

[@soanetakatai8432]

No bro its pacific song every islanders know siging like that

[@jonekoroisovau3007]

True patriotism Mr Fiji Sevens 🇫🇯 Coach. Sing from the bottom of his heart ❤️ 😊

[@kainoaahquin6620]

Love the video. A Hawaiian watching from Utah. Always loved the Harmonies from our Pacific Islands, that’s what makes us different from everyone else and unique. Bula Vinaka!.

[@Shimmye]

It’s Christian influenced singing every little bit of it besides if you just heard it you would know it’s African we are know for those things but at last it’s from our viti brothers coming from taqanika (africa) so no wonder it’s sounds African bula bula family

[@lostdracco6744]

@@Shimmye The pacific people are good people, Good to see pasifika come together with africans

[@chalgoode6449]

We Africans shall always welcome our Australasian Brothers and sisters so long as they never forget their blackness.

[@jnavsslick3764]

We are the same my brother!

[@jnavsslick3764]

@Issy guise we are melanisians .. We are not polynisans and our ancestors did not come from south America!! We have dark skin

[@Samizouza]

@Issy guise I think he meant the region "Australasia," and not Australia the country.

[@Samizouza]

@Issy guise I was merely talking about the region based what the original comment meant, never said anything about your origins. Besides, Fijians speak and act like Polynesians despite being Melanesians appearance wise anyways last time I checked. And I think the word he was looking for is "Oceania."

[@devilish6664]

Fiji is in the Melanesian region

[@onlyone6537]

Beautiful..praise God...proud to see this ..

[@rainchild-711]

I just saw a travel post where native Fijian elders where explaining that their ancestors sailed directly from Africa thousands of years ago and shipwrecked off one of the islands of Fiji and that's how they set up their first villages in Fiji. They even know the specific region of Africa where their ancestors came from and that's the shores of Lake Tanganyika in modern day Tanzania (includes Zambia and DRC). In fact, some native Fijians retain ancestral songs which still refer to Tanganyika as a result some Fijians still call Africa as a whole as "Tanganyika".

[@Smokiejoe679]

We also believe that our journey begins futher then that, it says that Lutunasobasoba who is believed to be the Father of all Fijians was married to Nai an Egyptian women. It does not say where lutunasobasoba is from. I believe lutunasobasoba was a Hebrew Israelite who may have settled in Ethiopia because if you look at us Fijians we are similar to Ethiopians. From day one the Ethiopians have always claimed there Roots to Israel. I believe that we Fijians make up a tribe of one of the lost tribes of Israel that was scattered around the world when it was invaded by the assyrians for there disobedience to Elohim.

[@rainchild-711]

@@Smokiejoe679 I see. What does Lutunasobasoba mean in Fijian? So to provide some background, I am an African from Zambia 🇿🇲 and like all native Zambians and Southern Africans I am Bantu. In my Bantu language called Lozi (which is a Southern African Tsotho/Tswana language) the word Lu-tu is the singular form of a specific type of unified human population (A nation, tribe, family...etc). In other Bantu languages the word Lutu would be rendered as "Luntu" (the letter 'n' is included but it doesn't change the meaning. Just like in Lozi/Tsotho/Tswana we don't say 'Bantu' (people) or 'Muntu' (person), instead we say 'Batu' or 'Mutu' to mean the same thing. Na=is (are) and 'Soba' means "Lost" in all the Bantu languages of the African great lakes region such as Tanganyika, Nyanza(Lake Victoria) and Lake Malawi. So my literal interpretation of 'Lutunasobasoba' is " A twice lost population or people".

[@Smokiejoe679]

@@rainchild-711 wow that is amazing Thank you for your wisdom 🙏🏽 I intend on coming to Africa one day to trace the roots of my ancestors. There is a Rock in Fiji that has ancient writings on it. When they did research on it they found out that the writings were Ancient Hebrew. It was Israeli Scientists that confirmed this. They actually came to Fiji and wanted to take the rock back to Israel with them but were denied by the village locals. Google Fiji ancient Hebrew writings 👍

[@Smokiejoe679]

@@rainchild-711 Lutu in Fiji means Fall and soba means the flower of the banana. Also our oral history says that on there journey here to Fiji They had in there possession “Na kato ni cakacaka mana” it means An Ark or a chest that held something strong and valuable that could work wonders. And it got dropped into the ocean 🌊 due to a storm that they encountered. This is still remembered today through cultural hyms/songs of there journey from taganyika. Also there’s a group of people that live along the taganyika lake that a called RaFiji ethiopes the Morden people of that place are called WaruFiji. Fiji translated in the native tongue is Viti which means weeding(remove unwanted plants 🌱) The story goes that when our ancestors reached the beach of Fiji(viti) it was full of Reeds/plants/weeds so they had to cut and remove and because it was such a big job my ancestors named the island Viti Levu (Levu means Big) which means we had to weed out a massive or big amount of unwanted plants in this area.

[@daniklucas2324]

@@Smokiejoe679 do you know which tribe?

[@BDK679]

Vinaka vakalevu.. Glory to God

[@mereonibrooker1001]

Woooo✊🏿👏👏👏

[@kilionikoroi4571]

Vnk boys ❤

[@vitiboy100]

Vinaka

[@lily-annchambers5303]

💯💯💯

[@mafilimakereta3289]

Amen