"We should not allow ourselves, individually or our ethnic communities to become easy tools for politics of race that will continue to segregate us mentally and emotionally."
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Epeli Ganilau
Ratu Epeli Ganilau (10 October 1951 – 23 March 2023) was a Fijian chief, soldier, and politician. He was the founder of the National Alliance Party (NAP).
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