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is a vehicle for Pacific Islands’ writers and artists to publish their work. It is an organ of the South Pacific Creative Arts Society and its editorial committee comprises writers from many islands.
Material for publication must be sent direct to MANA’s editor, Marjorie Crocombe, South Pacific Creative Arts Society, Box 5083, Suva.
Contributors this month are Papuan Tau Vagi, who is at Malmaluan Training Centre, New Britain; Linda Oti, of Marovo Lagoon in the Solomons; Kali Vatoko, from the New Hebrides; Raymond C. Pillai, a regular contributor from Fiji; and Ellice Islander Asuelu Fakamua. In this issue Marjorie Crocombe interviews Fo’ua Tofinga, a prominent leader of the Kioa community now living in Suva. Kioa is a Fiji island bought in 1946 by the people of Vaitupu in the Ellice Islands to alleviate future land shortage.