Word: samoa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...happy-go-lucky Polynesians on the lush tropical islands of Western Samoa give their children imaginative names-Falesiva (Dance Hall), Vaalele (Flying Boat), Okisenep (Oxygen). Last week many proud new parents celebrated the greatest event in Western Samoa's history by christening their infants Tutoatas-Independence...
...tiny (1,130 sq. mi.), four-island group with a population of only 113,500. Western Samoa * is the first independent Polynesian state, the world's newest nation, and one of the few to achieve independence amid total serenity. Into the capital of Apia (pop. 26,000) for the five-day freedom celebrations poured crowds of Samoans and scores of foreign dignitaries. A special commemoration service was held for Western Samoa's revered, onetime resident, Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived out his last consumptive years in the islands. Also on hand were Tupua Tamasese and Malietoa Tanuma...
...Year's Day in Apia, Western Samoa's new flag-a Southern Cross on a red and blue field-was run up the pole, and a 19-gun salute rang out. But not a single gun was fired; since the few ancient artillery pieces in Apia were unsafe, police simulated the salute by exploding 19 charges of gelignite buried in the sand...
...Zealand has promised to bulwark Western Samoa's copra, cocoa and banana economy for three years, will train teachers for the island's educational program. With no army, no political parties, and no traffic jams, Western Samoa has little concern for the world beyond its shores. As proof, it committed the ultimate heresy in the eyes of other newly independent nations anxious for an immediate voice in the great-power struggles: it announced that it would not immediately seek membership...
...nearby American Samoa, administered by the U.S., Anthropologist Margaret Mead gathered material for her famous work, Coming of Age in Samoa...