Politics in PIM
p. 14 · Read in the full issue
Tuvalu’s ambassador to Fiji should be spelled Enele Sopoaga, instead of Enele Sapoaga.
Peoples in Oceania give deepest respect to indigenous names of families, and their
birthright home islands. Such names equal ly identify personal history, as well as geo graphical positions of islanders, and their islands on the world’s map.
Local names in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) reveal the meaning of the concept of “consocio personhood”.
In Tuvalu, familial names are cyclical in process. They maintain strong bondage of
dynamic harmony in good fellowship, and jealously guard the every lasting suste nance of local knowledge. Your correspon dent’s attempt to represent local names is commendable. Please keep trying.
Taumanu Penan,
Ringwood North, Victoria, Australia