Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa: Sāmoa’s First Female Deputy Prime Minister

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Spark, C
Corbett, J
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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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Journal of Pacific History

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55

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4

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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the Journal of Pacific History, 55 (4), pp. 453-474, 23 Feb 2020, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00223344.2020.1713069

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Spark, C; Corbett, J, Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa: Sāmoa’s First Female Deputy Prime Minister, Journal of Pacific History, 2020, 55 (4), pp. 453-474

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