Holger Droessler, Author at Pasquines

Coconut Colonialism: Mediators

Posted by Holger Droessler | Dec 28, 2022 | American Samoa, Headlines, History, Military | 0 |

According to a famous Samoan proverb, the pathway to leadership is through service (ʻO le ala i le...

Coconut Colonialism: Builders

Posted by Holger Droessler | Dec 21, 2022 | American Samoa, Headlines, History | 0 |

When Samoa came under formal German and American control in 1900, the world around the islands was...

Coconut Colonialism: Performers

Posted by Holger Droessler | Dec 14, 2022 | American Samoa, Headlines | 0 |

On long journeys on ships and railways, from Sydney to Hamburg and San Francisco to Chicago, the...

Coconut Colonialism: Planters

Posted by Holger Droessler | Dec 7, 2022 | American Samoa, Headlines, History | 0 |

Plantation agriculture reshaped Samoa in fundamental ways. As Euro-American settlers turned the...

Coconut Colonialism: Coconuts

Posted by Holger Droessler | Nov 30, 2022 | American Samoa, Headlines, History | 0 |

As nourishment for body and mind, the coconut has fed Samoans for millennia. Coconut trees are...

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Author: Holger Droessler

Coconut Colonialism: Mediators

Coconut Colonialism: Builders

Coconut Colonialism: Performers

Coconut Colonialism: Planters

Coconut Colonialism: Coconuts

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