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Eni Kumar:

A life in music

By Ben Wheeler
“I think I have a very special story,” says Eni Kumar, as we
settle down to chat. “When I look back to how it all started, I
think it would be a great story to tell, something
to leave behind, for the performers in Fiji, for
my children, and for those who would love
to know about singers and how they got
started.”
Indeed, hers is a rollercoaster of
a tale, spanning six decades of
performing to audiences across
Viti Levu – and a spell in Australia
– bearing witness to so many social,
cultural and political changes, and
leading her own personal adventures..
Eni was born in Suva in 1960 to
a musical family. Her mother was
a hip dancer in the popular
Hawaiian and Tahitian
styles, and Eni herself
started as both a
hula and go-go
dancer at local
hotels in the

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