Tama Sāmoa

Tama Sāmoa
Author: Dahlia And Mani Malaeulu
Publisher: 978-0-473-58544-0
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-09-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780473585440

Sione, Lima, Tavita and Filipo are high school friends, uso or brothers. They are part of a special letter-writing project that helps to start a brave new conversation, an open and honest talanoa with themselves starting with the words, Dear Uso ... Here they share the cultural challenges they face, and without realising it, their need to belong, to be accepted and the impact this has on their wellbeing overall. Tama Sāmoa is not just a story of friendship, brotherhood and healing. Tama Sāmoa helps us all to reflect, reconnect and reunite in better supporting each other as who we are. It is also a story of self-discovery and hope for a new tama Sāmoa code to be created based on real talanoa and understanding. Also includes: - Study Questions For Students - The Tama Sāmoa Project: A space created for fourteen Samoan male students and educators to share their own boys-to-men stories, lessons and journeys to help today's tama Sāmoa, our tama Pasifika, to be better understood and supported in succeeding as themselves. Tama Sāmoa Project Contributing Authors: Isaac Sanele, Elijah Solomona, Simati Leala, Senio Sanele, Emmanuel Solomona, Aleki Leala, Okirano Tilaia, Israel Risati Sua-Taulelei, Saul Luamanuvae-Su'a, Atama Cassidy, Darcy Solia, Liko Alosio, Mikaele Savali, Dr. Sadat Muaiava

The Making of Modern Samoa

The Making of Modern Samoa
Author: Malama Meleisea
Publisher: [email protected]
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789820200319

"Since independence in January 1962, several constitutional court cases have exposed the dilemma which the Western Samoa Government is facing balancing fa'a Samoa (Samoan customs and traditions) with Western legal systems of authority. This book traces the clash between Samoan and Western notions of government and law from the 1830s to the 1980s emphasizing the hitherto neglected interpretation of events from a Samoan perspective. As a critical reinterpretation of the literature on Western Samoa, drawing on oral sources and material from the archives of the Land and Titles Court of Western Samoa, the book provides important new insights into pre-colonial regimes, racial issues and the contemporary political problems of the independent state of Western Samoa."--Back cover.

The Samoa Islands

The Samoa Islands
Author: Augustin Krämer
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780824822194

Augustin Kramer's account of his sojourn in the Samoa Islands from 1897 to 1899. Of particular importance to Samoans are the original documents containing ceremonial greetings and genealogical pedigrees. All Samoan language texts have been retained in this edition.

Samoa

Samoa
Author: Lauofo Meti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2002
Genre: Constitutional conventions
ISBN:

The Samoa Islands: Material Culture

The Samoa Islands: Material Culture
Author: Augustin Krämer
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780824816346

Volume II includes chapters on anthropology and sociology, medicine, plants and cooking, fishery, men's work, ornamentation and dress, recreation and war, and flora and fauna.

Samoa

Samoa
Author: H. G. A. Hughes
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN:

This bibliography of works on Samoa seeks to dispel the myth of sunbaked, carefree islands, by directing the reader to resources which discuss its difficult past and current challenges. Provides informative annotations on a wide range of books and articles dealing with all aspects of American Samoa and Western Samoa, including geography, climate, flora and fauna, history, society, language, politics, culture and the arts. Maps and a chronology are included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Western Samoa

Western Samoa
Author: New Zealand. Royal Commission on Western Samoa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 588
Release: 1927
Genre: Mandates
ISBN:

Gagana Samoa

Gagana Samoa
Author: Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2009-06-09
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0824831314

Gagana Samoa is a modern Samoan language resource. Designed for both classroom and personal use, it features a methodical approach suitable for all ages; an emphasis on patterns of speech and communication through practice and examples; 10 practical dialogues covering everyday social situations; an introduction to the wider culture of fa‘asamoa through photographs; more than 150 exercises to reinforce comprehension; a glossary of all Samoan words used in the coursebook; and oral skills supplemented with audio files available on a separate CD or for download or streaming on the web.

Democracy and Custom in Sāmoa

Democracy and Custom in Sāmoa
Author: Asofou Soʻo
Publisher: [email protected]
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Customary law
ISBN: 9789820203907

Subject: Samoa became an independent state on 1 January 1962. In moving toward independence, Samoans made it clear that they wanted a political structure that reflected custom and tradition as well as democracy. The post-independence period demonstrated the practical difficulty of reconciling the two. The author examined the co-existence of the two systems of governance. He concludes that, while there has been signficant progress towards democracy (with positive and negative impacts for indigenous institutions, values and practices), it has been restricted by the persistence of customary ideals. The mixing of tradition and democracy is seen as a phase in the process of continuous social and political change, in which practices and values that no longer fit current circumstances are discarded for more relevant and appropriate ones