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- Title
SISTER MALIA TU'IFUA DESCENDANT OF CHIEFS, DAUGHTER OF GOD.
- Authors
KAEPPLER, ADRIENNE L.
- Abstract
This portrait of Sister Tu'ifua (1924-2007), explores the life of high-ranking Halakihe'umata Tu'ifua from her inauspicious birth in Lapaha, Tonga, to her profession in becoming a Roman Catholic nun and her subsequent work for the church. The account details several features of her early life: her love of dancing and performing, her interaction with American servicemen during the Second World War, and her reason for becoming a nun. It then follows Sister Tu'ifua's career: teaching children, development work with Tongan women and, latterly, her international role and work for the betterment of the poorest of Tongan people.
- Subjects
TONGA; TU'IFUA, Malia; CATHOLIC nuns; WOMEN -- Biography; NUNS as teachers; SERVICES for the poor; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of the Polynesian Society, 2014, Vol 123, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
0032-4000
- Publication type
Biography
- DOI
10.15286/jps.123.2.169-183