ʻO si Manu a Aliʻi: A Text for the Advanced Study of Samoan Language and Culture

GAGANA (Language): SĀMOA (Samoan)

This text is in Samoan (no English translations).

ʻO lenei tusi na tusia e le tōfā a ʻAumua Mataʻitusi Simanu, ʻo se fesoasoani mo alo ma fānau a Sāmoa ʻoloʻo pāpā ʻaʻao ma aumau i atunuʻu mamao i le aʻoaʻoina o matāʻupu tau Sāmoa ʻeseʻese e pei o le faʻamatalaga o le Faʻasāmoa ma le Faʻamatai, le fausaga o lāuga, le faiga o le ʻava, le folafolaga o sua ma le momoliga o siʻialofa, ma isi itūʻaiga aganuʻu ma agaʻifanua a Sāmoa ma ona ʻāiga ma alaalafaga. 

This seminal work by orator ʻAumua Mataʻitusi Simanu is an invaluable tool for the advanced study of Samoan topics, especially for Samoan students who live in the diaspora. Various topics are discussed, including the Faʻasāmoa and the Faʻamatai (chiefly system), the construction and delivery of lāuga (Samoan oratory), performing the ʻava (kava) ceremony, presentation of cultural exchanges, and other important national and local customs.