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Melanesian Odysseys

Negotiating the Self, Narrative and Modernity

Lisette Josephides

First published in 2008 by

Berghahn Books
www.berghahnbooks.com

2008, 2010 Lisette Josephides
First paperback edition published in 2010
First ebook edition published in 2011

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission of the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Josephides, Lisette.

/ Lisette Josephides.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84545-525-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-84545-706-8 (paperback) -- ISBN 978-0-85745-055-5 (ebook)

1. Kewa (Papua New Guinean people)--Social life and customs. 2. Kewa (Papua New Guinean people)--Psychology. 3. Oral tradition--Papua New Guinea. 4. Identity (Psychology)--Papua New Guinea. 5. Papua New Guinea-Social life and customs. I. Title.

DU740.42.J65 2008

305.89'912--dc22

2008028021

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Printed in the United States on acid-free paper.

ISBN 978-1-84545-525-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-1-84545-706-8 (paperback)
ISBN 978-0-85745-055-5 (ebook)

For Marc

List of Illustrations

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Maps

Figures

Plates

Dramatis Personae

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Their Kinship and Clan Links and Place of Residence

Ainu Yako's wife living in Yakopaita.

Alirapu Yembi's wife living in Poiale.

Amasi Rimbu's and Lari's second daughter living in Yakopaita.

Ana Rumbame's husband, Yala clansman living in Tema.

Areali Wapa's deceased father's brother, Umba-Paripa Yala who lived in Agema.

Biru Department of Agriculture Extension Officer who lived in Yakopaita and eventually married Roga's daughter Ragunanu.

Foti Waliya's third wife living in Yakopaita.

Gapea Mapi's and Kumi's father, Tiarepa Yala living in Poiale, died 1980.

Giame Yadi's wife living in Yakopaita.

Hapkas (Nasupeli) Wapa's and Payanu's son, Rimbu's brother and Kambenu's husband, Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita.

Ili Lari's father's brother, acting as her father, living in Alomani.

Ipa A government translator (tanim tok, office already defunct in 1980), Mapi's affine married into Tiarepa Yala and living in Paipanda.

Ipanu Yako and Ainu's daughter, Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita.

Kalinu Yasi's wife from Ialibu living in Yakopaita.

Kalu Yembi's brother, Rola Yala living in Poiale.

Kamare Pupula's daughter and Michael's sister, Yarepa Yala living in Puliminia.

Kambenu Hapkas's wife and Rorepame's older sister living in Yakopaita, died 1986.

Kaporopali Koai's senior brother who attempted to marry Kamare and Wareame. Ala clansman living in Roga.

Karupiri Rake's widow, repulsed his brother Wola and became Waliya's second wife living in Yakopaita.

Kengeai Took over Rake as Councillor, businessman and truck owner, of Perepe clan living in Aliwi.

Kiru Son of Noyopa (deceased) and husband of Liame, took Rosa as second wife. Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita and then moved higher up near Popa.

Koai Kaporopali's junior brother and Lapame's father, Ala clansman living in Roga.

Koipa Roga's younger brother, Umba-Paripa Yala returned from plantation in 1980 and living in Poiale.

Koke A widower with a bad leg, artefact maker, Rola Yala living in Aka.

Komalo Wapa's and Yalanu's son and Hapkas's and Rimbu's junior brother, Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita but spending much time on plantations in Mt Hagen.

Kongalepa Wapa's deceased father, Umba-Paripa Yala of Agema.

Kumi Mapi's junior brother, Tiarepa Yala living in Aka/Yadara.

Lapame Koai's daughter, whose epistolary marriage arrangements with a man from Kundiawa fell through.

Lari Rimbu's wife living in Yakopaita, mother of five children in 1993.

Liame Kiru's wife living in Yakopaita, died 1995.

Lisette Rimbu's and Lari's third daughter living in Yakopaita.

Loma Rama's and Mayanu's daughter living in Puliminia.

Lu Rola Yala from Erave, who shared Rimbu's Port Moresby adventure and later collected large compensation payment for his sister.

Mapi (Lopa) Gapea's son, Kumi's elder brother and husband of Ramuame and Noeme, village magistrate until 1983, Tiarepa Yala living in Aka/Yadara.

Mayanu Rama's wife and Loma's mother living in Puliminia.

Michael (Agema) Pupula's son, Yarepa Yala living in Puliminia.

Nadawa Rimbu's and Lari's son, Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita.

Nadisua Kiru's son, Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita.

Noeme Mapi's second wife living in Yadara.

Papola Wapa's sister's son, Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita.

Pasaroli Waliya's junior brother, Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita.

Payanu Hapkas's and Rimbu's mother living in Yakopaita, died 1993.

Pima Pisa's son, Paripa Yala living in Puliminia.

Pisa Father of Pima, Rero, Wareame; Paripa Yala living in Kerare.

Poreale Yadi's classificatory sister, whose marriage he terminated when other relatives received brideprice.

Pupula Ragunanu's husband and father of Michael, Kamare and Koipame; Yarepa Yala living in Puliminia.

Ragunanu Pupula's wife and Koipame's mother, living in Puliminia and then Yakopaita.

Ragunanu Roga's daughter, later married to Biru; living in Aka.

Rake Councillor, Perepe living in Sumbura then Aliwi, died 1979.

Rama Husband of Mayanu and father of Loma, Paripa Yala living in Puliminia.

Rarapalu Waliya's first wife from Erave, living in Yakopaita.

Rero Pisa's son, eventually married Komalo's betrothed Wata, Paripa Yala living in Puliminia.

Rika Roga's junior brother, Umba-Paripa Yala living in Aka.

Rika Companion of Wapa's youth, Wapia Yala who attended Wapa's funeral.

Rimbu Wapa's son, Lari's husband and father of Wapanu, Amasi, Lisette, Nadawa and Ruma; Umba-Paripa Yala living in Yakopaita.

Roga Son of Yamola (Wapa's brother, deceased) and Rika's senior brother; Umba-Paripa Yala living in Aka.

Rorea Pastor of Evangelical Church of Papua, Yarepa Yala living in Poiale.

Rorepame Papola's wife and Kambenu's younger sister living in Yakopaita.

Rosa Kiru's second wife living in Yakopaita and on a mountain near Popa.

Rumbame Ana's wife living in Tema. (Not Lari's mother, also called Rumbame.)

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