Sione Lātūkefu

Reverend Dr. Sione Lātūkefu (born ?, died June 2, 1995) was a Tongan historian.

Lātūkefu obtained the degree of Bachelor of Education at the University of Queensland in 1962. He later obtained a doctorate.

He was the first professional historian in Tonga, and, in 1989, founded the Tongan History Association to encourage studies of Tongan history. He was also "instrumental" in establishing the Tonga Research Society.

Bibliography

• Church and State in Tonga : The Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries and Political Development, 1822-1875, Australian National University Press, 1974, ISBN 0-7081-0402-9
• The Tongan Constitution: A brief history to celebrate its centenary, Tonga Traditions Committee Publication, 1975, ASIN B0000EDZOX
• Papua New Guinea: A Century of Colonial Impact, 1884-1984, University of Papua New Guinea, 1989, ISBN 9980-75-022-7
• "Tonga at Independence and Now", in Brij Lal & Hank Nelson (eds.), Lines Across the Sea: Colonial Inheritance in the Post Colonial Pacific, Brisbane: Pacific History Association, 1995, ISBN 0-646-24640-2; (posthum.)
• "Pacific Islander Missionaries", in Doug Munro & Andrew Thornley (eds.), The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific, 1996, ISBN 982-02-0126-8; (posthum.)
• "The Impact of the British on the Tongan Traditional Concept of Justice and Law", in Hermann J. Hiery & John M. MacKenzie (eds.), European Impact and Pacific Influence: British and German Colonial Policy in the Pacific Islands and the Indigenous Response, 1997, ISBN 1-86064-059-1; (posthum.)

External links

• "The History of the Tongan Constitution", Sione Lātūkefu, on the website of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement
• "Letter from the President" (Sione Lātūkefu), Tongan History Association Newsletter, vol.4, n°1, January 1993, La Trobe University department of Anthropology

Further reading

• Niel Gunson. "Memorial Tribute to Reverend Dr Sione Latukefu". Tongan Research Association. Retrieved Jan 31, 2013.