Esiteri Vakalala-Kamikamica

Esiteri Vakalala-Kamikamica (died 27 March 2024) was a Fijian education trade unionist. She was the first woman president of the Fiji Teachers Union and also led the National Council of Women of Fiji.

Career Vakalala-Kamikamica was born in the village Navunievu, Bua Province, Colony of Fiji, as the fourth eldest of nine children. In 1957, the Methodist Church of Australasia awarded her the Centenary Academic Scholarship, which enabled her to study English and geography at the University of New England in Australia, and in 1961 she became the first Fijian indigenous woman to graduate in a foreign university.

Personal life and death She was the widow of politician Josefata Kamikamica and mother of politician Manoa Kamikamica. Vakalala-Kamikamica died on 27 March 2024 at the age of 85 after a long illness. She was buried on 5 April in her hometown, and was described as a pioneer trade unionist.