American Samoa

Island Territories

In our fourth episode we'll be talking about American Samoa. Located in the Pacific region of Oceania, the southernmost territory has a unique arrangement with the US compared with other territories.
Guest:
Luafata (Fata) Simanu-Klutz is an Associate Professor (retired) at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa’s department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures, where she taught Samoan language, literature, and history, particularly traditional Samoan literature, Samoan women writers, the works of Albert Wendt and other modern Pacific island writers. She was also affiliate faculty for the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) and a member of the Manoa Faculty Senate, and the Hawaii, Asian, and Pacific (HAP) Systemwide Board.