Greed and Grievance: Ex-Militants' Perspectives on the Conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998-2003

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235 Index Bold page numbers refer to photographs. access to services, 169 age structure of population, 37 agricultural development, 88 alcohol abuse, 100 Alebua, Dominiko, 82, 131 Alebua, Ezekiel, 107; arrest, 54; assassination attempt upon, 51–52; demands to government, 39; prime minister, 96; role in uprising, 57–58, 104, 109–110, 112, 187; tribal fight on Weather Coast, 131–132; undermines Ulufa’alu’s government, 59 alienation of land, 70, 204n.9 Allan, Colin, 85 American music culture influence, 100 Americans, influence on Solomon Islanders , 76–77 Anglican Church, 37–38, 66 Aqorau, Francis, 207n.27 Area Councils, 59, 179, 203n.30 ’Are’are speaking people, 43, 134, 201n.10, 210n.18 arrests, 54–55 Asian financial crisis, 35, 60, 186 Auki Communiqué, 45 Australia: peace negotiations, 48. See also RAMSI (Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands) authority, local, 38 Autonomous Region of Bougainville, 198n.8 Bartlett, Alex, 23, 201n.11, 202n.25, 211n.1 Belamataga, Matthew, 81 Bell massacre, 68 big-men: influence of, 23–24, 186–187; political organization, 32; profiting from labor trade, 70 Billy Hilly, Francis, 58, 186 Binskin affair, 67 blackbirding, 70. See also labor migration Bona Fide Demands, 39, 111–112, 117, 120, 129, 130, 161, 196 Bosage, Christian, 202n.24 Bougainvilleans: identity, 65, 183, 198n.8 Bougainville conflict, 24, 26, 183 Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), 48 Bridge Lawyers, 48 A Brief History of Ethnic Tension (South Guadalcanal), 189–192 British colonization, 33, 194 British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP), 33 bush people, 31–32 236 ◊ Index cash crops, 34–35, 108 casualties from the conflict, 7, 43, 198n.5 Catholic Church, 37–38, 66 Cawa, Ronny: authority of, 133; charges against, 55–56; interview statements, 117, 126; trials, 202 Cease-Fire Monitoring Council, 49 Central Lions Eagle Force, 45 Central Neutral Force, 200n.8 Chair and Rule Movement, 74–75 chapter summaries, 26–29 Christian Fellowship Church, 37, 81 Christianity, 17, 32, 37–38; conversion to, 66; and kastom, 62–63 chronology of conflict, 27, 39–56, 103–104 churches, 37–38 circulation of population, 89–91, 174 Civil Society Network, 49 class relations, 13–14 cocoa production, 35, 108 coconut plantations, 70 colonial administration: and Maasina Rule, 78–79; post–World War II, 86–88, 194–195; pre–World War II, 73–76, 194 colonial period, 33 colonization of Solomon Islands, 30–31 Commission of Inquiry into Land Dealings and Abandoned Properties on Guadalcanal, 93–94 Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) oil palm project, 88 Commonwealth Multinational Police Assistance Group, 45 community structure, 38–39 compensation, 26; for displaced Malaitan settlers, 148; ex-militants’ demands, 51, 161–162, 213n.1; Honiara Accord , 42; to Malaita and Guadalcanal Provinces, 47, 48; to Malaitans, 100, 211n.4; Masta Liu extortion, 99; to Western Council, 84–85. See also restitution compulsion, 105–106, 132–134, 135 conflict: causes of, 56–60, 188; chronology of, 27, 39–56, 103–104. See also motives for participation in conflict Constitutional Council, 129 Constitutional Review Committee, 95–96 contemporary society, 36–39 copra production, 33, 34–35, 73, 108, 153 corruption, 8 coup d’état, 47–48 criminal acts: arrests for, 54–55; beheading , 202n.17; benefits from, 135; of Harold Keke, 53, 105, 109, 131; High Court records, 55–56; Masta Liu, 98–99; pervading after TPA, 50–51, 130; of SC/RSIP Joint Operation, 105; violent crime, 6, 23, 43, 47. See also rape criminalization of conflict, 8 criminal justice system, 19 cultural influences, foreign, 99–100 cultural respect grievances, 104, 118–121, 184 customary land: ownership of, 197n.2; squatter settlements, 91–92; usufructuary rights, 91–94 custom versus kastom, 16–17 data sources for book, 6–7; court documentation, 22–23, 233. See also interviews with ex-militants Dausabea, Charles, 167, 203n.28 decentralization of planning functions, 86 Demands by the Bona Fide and Indigenous People of Guadalcanal. See Bona Fide Demands demonstration effects, 24 development equity grievances, 104, 112–118, 135, 169, 170, 182 development plans, 86 diet, 32 disarmament process, 51 displaced population, 7, 40, 89, 198n.5; ‘Are’are-speaking people, 43, 201n.10 Dutch disease, 12 economic development, 34–36, 86–87, 188 economic history, pre–World War II, 33–34, 69–73 Index ◊ 237 education, 97–98 employment opportunities, 88–89. See also labor migration enclave development, 86–87 ethnicity, 10–11, 12–13, 181–183; diversity , 63, 203n.1; as factor in conflict, 56–57 Ethnic Tension. See...