The largest of the three traditional Fijian confederacies, centered on the Rewa River delta of southeastern Viti Levu and historically the main rival to the Bau/Kubuna chiefdom.
Dissolved as a sovereign political entity upon British colonial annexation of Fiji on 10 October 1874, when Cakobau, Ma'afu, and senior chiefs signed the Deed of Cession; traditional chiefly structures were retained in ceremonial form under British indirect rule.
Covers the rivalry between Rewa/Burebasaga and Bau/Kubuna in 19th-century Fijian politics.
Scarr's history of pre-cession Fiji — chiefly politics, place, and people across the confederacies and the Cakobau kingdom.
Standard reference on Fiji geography and history including the pre-colonial chieftaincies and the Cakobau kingdom period; published by Fiji Government; first edition 1951
A single-volume history of the island Pacific — broad context for this polity.