Chiefs' Country

Download or read book Chiefs' Country written by Ben Burt and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this autobiographical account of life in Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands, Michael Kwa'ioloa reflects on the challenges of raising a family in town, managing marriage exchanges, and sustaining ties with a distant rural homeland in Malaita island. He also participates in a long tradition of political activism by community leaders or chiefs, whose role was severely tested by the violent conflict between Malaitans and the indigenous Guadalcanal people at the turn of the century. Kwa'ioloa provides a local perspective on the causes and course of this unhappy episode in his country's history.