‘Media Trailblazer Nina Ratulele Lomas Loved Family, Treasured Links To Vanua’
Adi Losalini said her mother knew her heritage and identity. She has pledged to follow her mother’s legacy in keeping with her family identity.
Friday 06 December 2019 | 10:14
The pallbearers carrying the casket of the late Venina Ratulele Lomas on December 5, 2019. Inset: Venina Ratulele Lomas
Venina Ratulele Lomas loved her family and treasured her links to the vanua in the Lomaiviti Province.
She never forgot her family and knew her identity.
These were the reflections of her daughter Adi Losalini Lomas, an English teacher at a refugee camp in the Middle East.
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Better known as Nina, she was from Batiki, Lomaiviti Province, but was raised and started her schooling in Koro also in Lomaiviti.
She was proud of her links to both islands. She attended Delana Primary School and went on to Ratu Navula College for her secondary education.
Adi Losalini said her mother knew her heritage and identity. She has pledged to follow her mother’s legacy in keeping with her family identity.
Adi Losalini fondly remembers how her mother was asked “Why was she building a home in her village?
Daughter Adi Losalini Lomas sharing her eulogy. Photo: Ilaijia Ravuwai
Edited by Percy Kean
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