hamogeekgirl | One Samoana

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

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

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

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

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

We’ve all seen it. You’re Googling something to do with Samoa and you see from the...

9 Jul 2019 | Gagana Samoa | 4

What is your favourite loved up pet name for your significant other? It is babe? Baby? Bae? Honey?...

Music has been a huge part of my life since, as a very young child, I couldn’t go to sleep...

You know how at the end of a long Samoan (usually family) function, someone says the closing...

12 Aug 2018 | Gagana Samoa | 14

While I was slowly picking up Samoan from my family and friends, I’d hear references to...

Samoans seem to be very body-part-conscious. You might call it modest or reserved maybe, but all...