Author: hamogeekgirl

How to Serve Tea to a Samoan Chief – and Why it Matters

7 Mar 2020 | The Matai Handbook | 0

You may have noticed. Many Samoan families have a preference for arranging their living rooms in a...

The Creation Story in Samoan (with audio)

12 Feb 2020 | Gagana Samoa | 0

The best way to learn a language is to just dive in and learn it, right? As part of my goal to...

How to Greet a Samoan Matai (Chief)

19 Nov 2019 | The Matai Handbook | 0

The heartbeat of Samoan culture is love and respect, or fa’aaloalo. How we greet people is a...

12 Alagaupu (Samoan Proverbs) about Family

17 Sep 2019 | Alagaupu ma Muagagana, The Matai Handbook | 20

A few years ago I told you about my grandfather’s api (notebook) full of alagaupu that I...

Matai – How to become a Samoan Chief [Part 2]

29 Aug 2019 | The Matai Handbook | 4

This is the second part of our series on The Path to Becoming a Samoan Chief. Please read Part 1...

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One Samoana is a collection of thoughts and stories – mostly from a Hamo Geek Girl – exploring the beautiful language and culture of Samoan people.

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Brenna on 45+ Biblical names for boys and girls in the Samoan languageA great place to find Samoan Biblical names is the Samoan Bible: https://archive…
FAAMAU nIKO tAUTAIOLEFUE on FEEPO ma ATIOGIEFaalupega o Samamea Fagaloa District. Apia. Samoa. Afio mai le Aloalii ma le Ao…
Felauai on 10 pretty-sounding Samoan names for girls…that have nice meanings tooHi, I'm probably late to this discussion thread but hopefully I can get a reply.…
hamogeekgirl on Matai – How to become a Samoan Chief [Part 2]Actually... they never invite me to those meetings. I don't know why. :D
Lealali Niko on FEEPO ma ATIOGIESULI O LAUPA TOTUGA I FALEULA. O Laupa Totuga,na usu i le afafine o Sua i Salela…