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The birth of a nation |
There are many explanations for the name Samoa. One is that when the earth’s centre – known as ‘moa’ – was born, Salevao, the god of the cliffs, brought water to wash the new child. He made water ‘sa’...
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Samoan History |
These islands were first settled about 3,000 years ago and are accepted as the heart of the Polynesian culture. Samoa is discovered by the Dutchman Jacob van Roggeveen in 1722 and named by him the Baa...
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Historical pictures of Samoa |
Harbour of Apia.
If you have some historical pictures or stories of Samoa, and want to put them on this site, feel free to send them to:
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The wild man of Samoa: |
a tale from the graveyard of strangers - Field Notes
This past summer an e-mail message reached my office in Honolulu from a friend in Pago Pago, on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. A relentless rai...
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