Title: False divides
Description: "Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa is the great ocean continent. While it is common to understand the ocean as something that divides land, for those indigenous to the Pacific or the Moana, it was traditionally a connector and an ancestor. Imperialism in the Moana, however, created false divides between islands and separated their peoples. In this BWB Text, Lana Lopesi argues that globalising technologies and the adaptability of Moana peoples are now turning the ocean back into the unifying continent that it once was"--Back cover.
Subjects: Pacific Islanders, Race identity, Social networks, Migrations, Colonial influence, Foreign relations, Cultural relations, Globalization, Tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, Hekenga, Tuakiri
Places: Islands of the Pacific