--Previous Message-- Has there been any discussion of uniting (Western) Samoa and American Samoa? DTH
: I think one has to keep in mind always that
: Samoa is somewhat unique, in that virtually
: all titles are elective.
:
: The position of King was an eleced position,
: and depended on the head of one of the seven
: tama-a-aiga (lineage groups) securing the
: four territorial titles of Tui A’ana, Tui
: Atua, Gato’aitele and Tamasoali’i. A person
: who had done so was known as Tafa’ifa and
: thus also the right to be elected as 'Ole
: Tupu o Samoa (or Supreme King of Samoa).
:
: The problem for (Western) Samoa is that some
: of these eligible families, especially that
: of Tui Manua, find themselves in American
: Samoa. There, the US republican minded
: administration has refused to recognise some
: of the princely family titles.
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