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Chief Willie Bongmatur Maldo and the role of Chiefs in Vanuatu
Abstract There were and are many different forms of indigenous community leadership in the archipelago now known as Vanuatu. Missionaries and officials of the Anglo‐French Condominium Government introduced into this diversity the concept ‘chief, a title used to designate the men who represented their communities in the non‐traditional contexts of church and state. During the period in which Vanuatu sought and achieved Independence, this role for chiefs altered. They became not so much those who engaged with the new, as those who represented the old. The foundation of the National Council of Chiefs defined chiefs as authoritative representatives of indigenous knowledge and practice, and constituted them as advisers to the Parliament, giving traditionalist ni‐Vanuatu a stake in the creation of the new nation. This paper tracks this transformation through the career of Chief Willie Bongmatur Maldo, founding President of the National Council of Chiefs, and an influential figure in the formation of the indepen...
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The Journal of Pacific History is a refereed international journal serving historians, prehistorians, anthropologists and others interested in the study of mankind in the Pacific Islands (including Hawaii and New Guinea), and is concerned generally with political, economic, religious and cultural factors affecting human presence there. It publishes articles, annotated previously unpublished manuscripts, notes on source material and comment on current affairs. It also welcomes articles on other geographical regions, such as Africa and Southeast Asia, or of a theoretical character, where these are concerned with problems of significance in the Pacific.