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Thomas Andrew (19 January 1855 – 7 August 1939) was a New Zealand photographer who lived in Samoa from 1891 until his death in 1939.. Andrew took photographs that are of significant historical and cultural value including the recording on camera of key events in Samoa's colonial era such as the Mau movement, the volcanic eruption of Mt Matavanu (1905–1911) and the funeral of writer Robert ...
Dan Taulapapa McMullin (born May 23, 1957) is an American Samoan artist, known for their poetry, visual art and film. Their major themes are their indigenous Samoan heritage and their fa'afafine gender identity. [1] McMullin has been creating literary and artistic works for over 35 years, and has received numerous awards, fellowships, and grants.
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa was born Naomi Mataʻafa on 29 April 1957 in Apia to high chief Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II who later served as Samoa's first Prime Minister and his wife, Laʻulu Fetauimalemau Mataʻafa. Fiamē was born five years before Samoa gained independence from New Zealand.
In 2009, Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo's life and tattoo work was documented and published in a photographic book Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture published by Te Papa Press. The book features photographs by New Zealander Mark Adams a close friend of Sulu'ape and observer of his work for close to 30 years. it includes interviews and ...
Three Wise Cousins tells the story of Adam (Neil Amituanai), a young New Zealand-born Samoan man who embarks on a journey back to his homeland, to become a ‘real island guy’. In hopes of impressing his crush Mary (Gloria Ofa Blake), Adam travels to Samoa to find his cousins Mose (Vito Vito) and Tavita (Fesui Viliamu) to learn and practise ...
Seki A Oe: A Crazy Samoan Love Story is a 2013 romantic comedy film written and directed by Zena Iese, filmed and set in American Samoa. [1] The film is principally in the Samoan language , and the title means "you are awesome" in Samoan.
Some of the most beautiful women are married to some of the most powerful men in business -- all while having a crazy successful career of their own. 14 hottest wives and girlfriends of the world ...
The other two men wear tapa cloth with patterned design In the architecture of Samoa there are seating areas for matai and orators according to their status, rank, role and ceremony. Faʻamatai is the indigenous political ('chiefly') system of Samoa, central to the organization of Samoan society. [1]