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Books, Dissertations, and Theses

• The Rotuma Website: Transnational Relations and the Articulation of Cultural Identity, by Caroline Anne Clark, MA thesis in anthropology, University of British Columbia (2005)
• Rotuma - Custom, Practice and Change, by Aubrey Parke. Coombs Academic Publishing , ANU, Australia (2003)
• Austronesian Linguistics: Rotuman, by Marit Vamarasi (2002)
• Seksek 'e Hatana, edited by Aubrey Parke. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (2002)
• Kato'aga: Rotuman Ceremonies, by Elizabeth Inia (2001)
• Rotuma: Sprache und Geschichte, by Hans Schmidt (2000) English Translation of Conclusion
• A Floristic Survey of the Coastal Littoral Vegetation of Rotuma, MSc thesis at USP by Rejieli Rigamoto (2000)
• A New Rotuman Dictionary, by Elizabeth Inia, Sophie Arntsen, Hans Schmidt, Jan Rensel, Alan Howard, C. Maxwell Churchward (1998).
• Fäeag 'Es Fuaga: Rotuman Proverbs, Compiled and Translated by Elizabeth K.M. Inia, with an essay on proverbs in Rotuman culture by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 1998.
• Rotuma: Fiji's Hidden Paradise, by Ian Osborne (1997).
• A Bibliography of Rotuma, compiled by Antoine D.R. N'Yeurt, Will C. McClatchey and Hans Schmidt (1996).
• Woven Gods: Female Clowns and Power in Rotuma, by Vilsoni Hereniko (1995).
• Tales of a Lonely Island, by Mesulama Titifanua and C. Maxwell Churchward (1995; first published in 1938-39).
• Hef Ran Ta (The Morning Star): A Biography of Wilson Inia, by Alan Howard (1994).
• Rotuma: Hanua Pumue (Precious Land), essays by various authors (1991).

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  Articles
  
• Temathesis in Rotuman, by Hans Schmidt. In Issues in Austronesian Historical Phonology, ed. by John Lynch. Canberra 2003: Pacific Linguistics 550, p. 175-207, 2004. Downlod PDF file of article.
• Restraint and Ritual Apology: The Rotumans of the South Pacific, by Alan Howard, in Keeping the Peace, edited by Graham Kemp and Douglas P. Fry. New York: Routledge. pp. 35-52, 2004.
• Ethnobotanical importance of the coastal plant species of Rotuma Island, by Rejieli Ragafuata Rigamoto, in South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 20:30–33, (2004).
• Pollen Fertility Status in Coastal Plant Species of Rotuma Island, by Rejieli Ragafuata Rigamoto, in South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 20:30–33, (2002). 
• Loanword Strata in Rotuman, by Hans Schmidt, in Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy: Papers from the Workshop on Linguistic Stratigraphy and Prehistory at the Fifteenth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 17 August 2001, pp. 201-240 (2003). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co. Download PDF file of article.
• Where Has Rotuman Culture Gone? And What Is It Doing There? by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel, in Pacific Studies 24(1/2):63-88 (2001)
• Traditional Rotuman Fishing in Temporal and Regional Context, by Melinda Allen, Thegn Ladefoged, and Jonathan Wall, in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 11:56-71 (2001).
• Rotuma: The Changing Nature of Customary Authorities: A Discussion On Customs Changing In Changing Circumstances, by Aubrey Parke, in Journal of Pacific History, 35(1):101-108 (2000).
• Pacific-Based Virtual Communities: Rotuma on the World Wide Web, by Alan Howard, in The Contemporary Pacific 11(1):160-175 (1999).
• Rotuma, by Alan Howard, in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 9, Australia and the Pacific Islands, edited by Adrienne L. Kaeppler and J. W. Love. New York: Garland Publishing Inc. pp. 817-823 (1998).
• Youth in Rotuma, then and now, by Alan Howard, In Adolescence in Pacific Island Societies, edited by Gilbert Herdt and Stephen C. Leavitt. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (1998).
• Exotic and indigenous: Ceramic sherds from the island of Rotuma, by Thegn N. Ladefoged, Jonathan Wall, Philippa Black, and William R. Dickinson, in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 107(3) (1998).
• The Place of disabled persons in Rotuman society, by Jan Rensel and Alan Howard, in Pacific Studies 20(3):19-50 (1997).
• Ritual status and power politics in modern Rotuma, by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel, In Chiefs Today: Traditional Pacific Leadership and the Postcolonial State, edited by Geoffrey White and Lamont Lindstrom. Stanford University Press. Pp. 119-149 (1997).
• Rotuma, by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel, in Fiji in Transition, edited by Brij V. Lal and Tomasi Rayalu Vakatora. Vol. 1, Fiji Constitution Review Commission Research Papers. Suva: School of Social and Economic Development, The University of the South Pacific. Pp. 153-177 (1997).
• Une Profondeur qui S'arrête à la Surface de la Peau: Ordre Social et Corps à Rotuma, by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel, in La Production du Corps, edited by Maurice Godelier and Michel Panoff. Éditions des Archives Contemporaines. Amsterdam: Overseas Publishing Association. (1998)
• The impact of recent resource diversity on the sociopolitical structure of Rotuma: A geographic information system analysis, by Thegn Ladefoged, in The Evolution and Organization of Prehistoric Society in Polynesia, edited by M.W. Graves and R.C. Green. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 19 (1993).
• The Fiji connection: Migrant involvement in the economy of Rotuma, by Jan Rensel, in Pacific Viewpoint 34(2):215-240 (1993).
• Rotuma in the 1990s: From hinterland to neighbourhood, by Alan Howard and Jan Rensel, in the Journal of the Polynesian Society 103:227-254 (1994).
• Martyrs, progress and political ambitions: reexamining Rotuma's "religious wars," by Alan Howard and Eric Kjellgren, in the Journal of Pacific History 29(2):131-152 (1994).
• The evolutionary ecology of Rotuman political integration, by Thegn Ladefoged, in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 14:341-358 (1995).
• Rotuman seafaring in historical perspective, by Alan Howard, in Seafaring in the Contemporary Pacific Islands: Studies in Continuity and Change, edited by Richard Feinberg. Northern Illinois University Press; pp. 114-143 (1995).
• The Effect of Rotuma's Methodist History on the present Church, by Rev. Jione Langi, in Mai Kea Ki Vei?: Stories of Methodism in Fiji and Rotuma, edited by Andrew Thornley and Tauga Vulaono. Proceedings of the Fiji Methodist History Conference, Davuilevu, 10-13 October, 1995. Fiji Methodist Church (1996).
• The ethnopharmacopoeia of Rotuma, by Will C. McClatchey, in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology 50:147-156 (1996).
• A survey of the benthic marine algae of Rotuma Island, by Antoine D.R. N'Yeurt, in Australian Systematic Botany 9(3):361-490 (1996).
• Speak of the devils: discourse and belief in spirits on Rotuma, by Alan Howard, in Spirits in Culture, History and Mind, edited by J. Mageo and Alan Howard. Routledge Press; pp. 121-145 (1996).
• Money, sovereignty and moral authority on Rotuma, by Alan Howard, in Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific, edited by Richard Feinberg and Karen Watson-Gegeo. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology, No. 66; pp. 205-238 (1996).
• From Thatch to Cement: Social Implications of Housing Change on Rotuma, by Jan Rensel, in Home in the Islands: Housing and Social Change in the Pacific, edited by Jan Rensel and Margaret Rodman. University of Hawai'i Press; pp. 27-54 (1997).

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Recordings

• Afaga, Songs composed and sung by Harry Tivaknoa
• Christmas Happenings, Volume 1 - 2002, by Churchward Chapel Choir
• Fara songs of Rotuma Vol.1, recorded by the Kelepi family of Rotuma: Aunty Savea, niece Kiji Louey, nephew Toga Penasio, and nephew Varea Solvalu
• FaraJam, featuring songs by Jon Kafoa
• Tautoga, recorded on Rotuma by Ad and Lucia Linkels
• Vali'i: Rotuman Polynesian Music, by the Lalavi Band in Sydney, Australia
• Aotearoa: Land of Hope, recorded by Ad and Lucia Linkels. Tilburg, Netherlands. Mundo Etnico Foundation. Includes the song "Rotuma" sung by members of the New Zealand Rotuma Fellowship.

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