Coming Home to Banaba

Synopsis

People who used to live on the tiny Pacific island of Banaba return to see the devastation wrought by 80 years of phosphate mining. Once a British colony, Banaba was a source of the phosphate that fertilised Australia and New Zealand. The mining devastated the island, and the indigenous Banaban people were exiled to Fiji, a thousand miles away.

Series

Pacific Studies, Course Dd302

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Year of production

1998

Availability

Off-air recording licence

Subjects

Geography; Sociology

Keywords

Banaba; environmental disasters; mining; phosphate mining; refugees; South Pacific

Credits

Producer

Jeremy Cooper

Cast

Andrew Peisley

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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