The Chiefs' Country: Leadership and Politics in Honiara, Soloman Islands

by Michael Kwa'ioloa and Ben Burt

In this autobiographical account of life in the capital of the Solomon Islands, Michael Kwa'ioloa reflects on the challenges of raising a family in town and sustaining ties with a distant rural homeland on Malaita island. Continuing the long tradition of Kwara'ae community leaders participating in political activism, he discusses how the roles of these leaders were severely tested by the violent conflict between Malaitans and the indigenous Guadalcanal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921902248
• ISBN13: 9781921902246
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"