Fiame Naomi Mata’afa: Samoa’s first female Deputy Prime Minister
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa: Samoa’s first female Deputy Prime Minister
In March 2016, Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa was the first woman appointed to the position of deputy prime minister of Sāmoa. Following in the tradition of Pacific Islands Portraits, we provide a short life history of Fiamē, including her lineage, education and political career. Drawing on a mixture of oral history interviews and newspapers, we explore key themes central to Pacific politics, including gender, but also, title, political parties, the role of the international community, and modernization. Our contribution is significant because while the region has a rich tradition of life history writing, the main subjects of this literature are Melanesian men. In writing about a Polynesian woman leader, we address both geographic and gender imbalances.
Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa, Pacific Islands, Sāmoa, female politicians, life history writing
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Spark, Ceridwen
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Corbett, Jack
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2020
Spark, Ceridwen
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Corbett, Jack
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Spark, Ceridwen and Corbett, Jack
(2020)
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa: Samoa’s first female Deputy Prime Minister.
Journal of Pacific History, 55 (4), .
(doi:10.1080/00223344.2020.1713069).
Abstract
In March 2016, Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa was the first woman appointed to the position of deputy prime minister of Sāmoa. Following in the tradition of Pacific Islands Portraits, we provide a short life history of Fiamē, including her lineage, education and political career. Drawing on a mixture of oral history interviews and newspapers, we explore key themes central to Pacific politics, including gender, but also, title, political parties, the role of the international community, and modernization. Our contribution is significant because while the region has a rich tradition of life history writing, the main subjects of this literature are Melanesian men. In writing about a Polynesian woman leader, we address both geographic and gender imbalances.
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Accepted/In Press date: 19 September 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 February 2020
Published date: 2020
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Acknowledgements : We sincerely thank Fiamē and the many others who have spoken with us for this research. We are also grateful to the Developmental Leadership Program for providing the funding which supported the costs of travel and transcription.
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Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa, Pacific Islands, Sāmoa, female politicians, life history writing
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/436874
ISSN: 0022-3344
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