Collective Memory of the Forced Migration and the Quest for Self-determination: The Case of Banaban Diaspora

在第二次世界大战期间，巴纳巴人，与一些我基里巴斯的配偶和朋友，被迫撤离家园的日本军队。1945年，流离失所的人被英国人集中起来，强行带到斐济的拉比岛，而不是返回他们的本岛。本研究的目的是探讨如何区分自己的熟悉的人，我基里巴斯，以及他们如何建设巴纳巴民族与寻求自决。在自然、法律的和文化意义上，巴纳巴人和基里巴斯人之间的界限是相当模糊的。这一区别的关键是承认对过去被迫移徙悲剧的集体记忆，并坚定地坚持他们与本岛巴纳巴的联系。

During WWII, Banabans, with some I-Kiribati spouses and friends, were forced to evacuate their homeland by Japanese troops. In 1945, the displaced people were gathered and forcedly brought to Rabi Island in Fiji by the British, instead of returning to their home island. This study aims to investigate how the Banaban diasporas distinguish themselves from their familiar people, I-Kiribati, and how they construct the Banaban nation with the quest for self-determination. In physical, legal and cultural senses, the boundary between the Banaban and the I-Kiribati categories is quite ambiguous. The critical reference to the distinction is the recognition of collective memory concerning the past tragedy of forced migration, and the firm insistence on their ties with the home island, Banaba.