A celebration of Tongan Literature with Mele Latunipulu and (soon to be Dr) Elisapesi Hepi Havea, in which they discuss a twentieth first century (re)reading of Professor Konai Helu Thaman's 1974 classic poem 'You, the choice of my parents'. Given its resonance in Tonga and abroad during the peak of 1970s Feminist movement, what meanings are ascribed to it now? What does a re-reading of this poem provide a new audience?
A celebration of Tongan Literature with Mele Latunipulu and (soon to be Dr) Elisapesi Hepi Havea, in which they discuss a twentieth first century (re)reading of Professor Konai Helu Thaman's 1974 classic poem 'You, the choice of my parents'. Given its resonance in Tonga and abroad during the peak of 1970s Feminist movement, what meanings are ascribed to it now? What does a re-reading of this poem provide a new audience?