Lauga: Understanding Samoan oratory

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A guide to one of the key practices in Samoan culture.

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Dr Sadat Muaiava lectures in the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington. He was born in Samoa and is from the villages of Safaatoa (Tuimuaiava), Faleaseela (Leatuavao), Falelatai (Lupematasila), Lufilufi (Faamatuainu), Saleaula (Toiaivao, Alofipo) and Asau (Masoe, Vaisigano). He holds the titles Leausalilo (Faleaseela), Lupematasila (Falelatai), Fata (Afega), and Auafa (Lotofaga, Aleipata). His research focus is the interdisciplinary domains of the Samoan (and Pacific) language and culture in the homeland, the Pacific, and in diasporic contexts. He has contributed widely and publicly in forums that discuss Samoan language, oratory, tattooing and history. He lives in Wellington with his wife, Shana Muaiava, and their four children.