The northern Fijian confederacy centered on Taveuni and Vanua Levu, corresponding to the historical Cakaudrove chiefdom and Tui Cakau paramount chiefly title.
Dissolved as a sovereign political entity upon British colonial annexation of Fiji on 10 October 1874, when Ma'afu (head of the Tovata confederacy) and senior chiefs signed the Deed of Cession; traditional chiefly structures were retained in ceremonial form under British indirect rule.
Covers northern Fijian chiefly politics including Cakaudrove and the Tovata confederacy.
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.