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Fear of Flying (in Broken Gilbertese)
BY TERESIA TEAIWA
I maaku
You told me ba ko tangirai
I maaku
I maaku
My arms were awkward so ko taua baiu
I maaku
I maaku
The dancer trembles because te ruoia is a kind of sorcery
I maaku
I maaku
The frigate birds fly high above us and I’m afraid of falling
I maaku


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Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Scholarship in Pacific Studies

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/teresia-teaiwa

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-In loving memory of  our Wan-Soul-Warrior-
Teresia Teaiwa 
A beloved  Youngsolwara, Teresia will always be remembered as a mother, aunt, sister and
great mentor to the movement. She was instrumental in forming Youngsolwara Poneke in New Zealand
whilst working as a lecturer at  Victoria University.
She was a role model for all Pacific people and was hugely committed and passionate about Pacific
people and social justice issues in our region.
Teresia is internationally known for her ground-breaking work in Pacific Studies. Her research interests
in this area embraced her artistic and political nature, and included: contemporary issues in Fiji,
feminism and women’s activism in the Pacific, contemporary Pacific culture and arts, and pedagogy in
Pacific Studies.
Teresia was born in Honolulu to an I-Kiribati father, John Teaiwa, from Rabi, Banaba and Tabiteuea and
an African-American mother, Joan Teaiwa, from Washington, DC.
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Born:12 August 1968 - 21 March 2017

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Teresia Teaiwa: “We sweat and cry salt water, so we know that the ocean is really in our blood.”

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    • Maohi Lives Matter
    • The Ocean We Need
    • Connecting Our Ocean of Struggles: Remembering Why We Sweat and Cry Salt Water
    • Mai Em(Ocean) 2018
    • New Clear Ways >
      • Our Pacific Needs New Clear Ways NOT Japan's Waste
      • Not Japan's Dumpsite
      • We Are Not Alone
      • Pass the Solution for Nuclear Justice
      • 75th Commemoration of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
      • Solidarity with Guahan
    • Ban Seabed Mining >
      • Deep Sea COP
  • OUR STRUGGLES
    • Self Determination >
      • International Day for Human Rights 2020
      • Kanaky Referendum
      • We Bleed Black & Red >
        • Let West Papua Join the MSG
        • Wan Musik Wan Sing Concert 2020
        • Raise the Morning Star 2019
        • Vigil and Call to Action 2019
        • Free the West Papua Seven
        • Fiji NGO Coalition Call for Intervention
        • MACFEST Solomon Islands 2018
        • Youngsolwara Artist Camp 2018
        • I am Nesia Campaign
        • Hawaii Bleeds Black & Red
        • Defenders of Self Determination Exhibition 2016
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