Afaese Manoa

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Afaese Manoa (* 1949 , Tuvalu ) is a Tuvalu writer and musician.

Manoa is the poet and composer of Tuvalu's national anthem , Tuvalu mo te Atua ( Tuvalu Almighty ). It was adopted as the national anthem in 1978, the year of independence from the United Kingdom . There is very little literature in the Tuvaluan language . Like other writers in the Pacific region (e.g. Joanne Gobure of Nauru ), Manoa is considered a writer with a strong religious vocation. Manoa has also worked as a radio announcer and has edited the textbook Cycles in Tuvaluan (1977) with Gary Crawford and is a Seventh-day Adventist pastor .

Awards

Manoa received the Queen's Service Medal from the Governor General of New Zealand on May 7, 2014 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mr Afa'ese Manoa, QSM . The Governor General of New Zealand.
  2. ↑ Tapumanaia & Lasela . Tapula International. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  3. ^ Gary Crawford: Cycles in Tuvaluan, OLAC Record. 1977, Retrieved July 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Nine NZers with Pacific left receive New Year's honors. RNZ December 31, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Manoa, Afaese
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tuvaluan poet and musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuvalu