CSS welcomes new staff member

Sanele Leota who hails from the villages of Gautavai and Lalovaea is the newest staff member to join the Centre for Samoan Studies at the National University of Samoa. Mr. Leota stated that the reason he applied for the position of Samoan Studies Lecturer is because the National University of Samoa is considered the highest
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CSS Director participates in a Museums Restitution Conference in Tanzania

In early March (5th-6th) 2020, Associate Professor and Director for the Centre for Samoan Studies Safua Akeli Amaama presented at the conference Beyond Collections: New Ethics for Museums in Transition at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam. She presented an impulse lecture and was a panel member on the theme of ‘Reviewing
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Fulbright Scholar researches customary land in Samoa

  Donari Yahzid, 22 years old, born in Atlanta, Georgia in America with family ties in Jamaica, is a Fulbright scholar conducting research in Samoa. Her research focuses on Samoa’s customary land tenure and how it relates to international development policy. Ms. Yahzid expressed how much she’s enjoyed doing her research in Samoa. “I’ve really,
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