Fono: The Contest for the Governance of Smoa

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Fono: The Contest for the Governance of Samoa tells the story of the development of Samoa's unique system of governance, and of those who have fought for power and shaped the development of the Independent State of Samoa.

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Dr Peter Swain spent three decades managing development programmes for international organisations in the island nations of the Pacific. His Plemia: A Memoir, written with Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi of Smoa, was published in 2017, and the Smoan translation in 2021. He is married to Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban and is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington.