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Tama Samoa

by Dahlia Malaeulu

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Sione, Lima, Tavita and Filipo are high school friends, uso or brothers. They are part of a special letter-writing project that helps to start a brave new conversation, an open and honest talanoa with themselves starting with the words, Dear Uso ... Here they share the cultural challenges they face, and without realising it, their need to belong, to be accepted and the impact this has on their wellbeing overall. Tama Samoa is not just a story of friendship, brotherhood and healing. Tama Samoa helps us all to reflect, reconnect and reunite in better supporting each other as who we are. It is also a story of self-discovery and hope for a new tama Samoa code to be created based on real talanoa and understanding. Includes: - Study Questions For Students - The Tama Samoa Project: A space created for fourteen Samoan male students and educators to share their own boys-to-men stories, lessons and journeys to help today's tama Samoa, our tama Pasifika, to be better understood and supported in succeeding as themselves.

About the Author

Dahlia Malaeulu is a Wellington-born Samoan author of children's Pasifika books and creator of Mila's Books. She is a passionate educator who enjoys creating stories that develop cultural confidence amongst tamaiti (children), fanau (families) and faia'oga (educators). Mani Malaeulu Mani Malaeulu is the owner of Empowerment Training, a leadership training company. He has spent over a decade in leadership roles, consulting and mentoring high school students, as well as managing and leading teams across the recruitment and financial sector.

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