translation, and is from the Samoa Islands of independent Samoa and American Samoa, and Samoan writers in diaspora. Samoan as a written language emerged...

Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the...

Samoan Americans are Americans of Samoan origin, including those who emigrated from the United States Territory of American Samoa and immigrants from...

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Annotated, American Samoa Bar Association. F. J. H. Grattan (1948). "The Organisation of Samoan Society". An Introduction to Samoan Custom. Papakura: R...

Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa; IPA: [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively...

Wilkes, reached Samoa in 1839. In 1855, J.C. Godeffroy & Sohn expanded its trading business into the Samoan archipelago. The first Samoan Civil War (1886-1894)...

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The traditional culture of Samoa is a communal way of life based on Fa'a Samoa, the unique socio-political culture. In Samoan culture, most activities are...

The Samoa flying fox or Samoan flying fox (Pteropus samoensis) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji...

German Samoa (German: Deutsch-Samoa; Samoan: Siamani-Sāmoa) was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savai'i,...

to Samoan music and the role of dancing and singing in Samoan culture. She views these as significant because they violate the norms of what Samoans define...

Samoa, central to the organization of Samoan society. It is the traditional indigenous form of governance in both Samoas, comprising American Samoa and...

and traditional leaders. Samoan popular culture views faʻafafine as hard-working and dedicated to the family, in the Samoan tradition of tautua or service...

currency of Samoa. It is divided into 100 sene. The terms tālā and sene are the equivalents of the English words dollar and cent in the Samoan language....

traditions such as rap and hip hop have been integrated into Samoan music. Traditional Samoan musical instruments includes several different distinctive...

The flag of Samoa (Samoan: fu‘a o Sāmoa) was first adopted from 24 February 1949, for UN Trusteeships, and continuously applied for the state's independence...

of Western Samoa (now independent Samoa). The Tui Manu'a is one of the oldest Samoan titles in Samoa. Traditional oral literature of Samoa and Manu'a...

Independent State of Samoa Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Samoan Demonym(s): Samoan Etymology: Name of Samoa ISO country codes:...

Faʻa Sāmoa, the 'Samoan Way', is the traditional/customary way of life in Samoan culture. Faʻa Sāmoa consists of the Samoan language, customs of relationships...

This article shows a list of cities, towns and villages in Samoa. Apia, capital of Samoa situated on Upolu island. Salelologa, main 'township' & ferry...

traditional Samoan singing and poetry, which heavily influenced her writing. Figiel's greatest influence and inspiration in her career is the Samoan novelist...

" Inside out: Literature, cultural politics, and identity in the new Pacific (1999): 399-412. "Do I have to be Samoan to get a Samoan tattoo?". OneSamoana...

Forty-seven are elected from ethnic Samoan territorial constituencies; the other two are chosen by the Samoan citizens of non-Samoan origin on a separate electoral...

outside and inside of traditional Samoan architecture are part of cultural form, ceremony and ritual. Fale is the Samoan word for all types of houses, from...

jammed. Samoan officials confirmed the runway at Faleolo International Airport on Upolu was safe by early afternoon (30 September 2009). Samoan Prime Minister...

Samoan New Zealanders are Samoan immigrants in New Zealand, their descendants, and New Zealanders of Samoan ethnic descent. They constitute one of New...

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Islands in present-day American Samoa. The Tuʻi Manuʻa Confederacy, or Samoan Empire, are descriptions sometimes given to Samoan expansionism and projected...

This is a list of earthquakes in Samoa. List of earthquakes in Tonga List of earthquakes in Fiji NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set)...