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Black Saturday
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Early 1900s
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Taisi Olaf F. Nelson
Taisi Olaf F. Nelson was one of the leaders of O le Mau a Samoa, Samoa’s resistance against New Zealand rule in the early 1900s. He worked closely with Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III, before the massacre that would be known as Samoa's Black Saturday.
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Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III: A Peaceful, Powerful Resistance
Do you know the story of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III? He was one of the leaders of O le Mau a Samoa, Samoa’s resistance against New Zealand rule in the early 1900s… and in 1929, he was one of several Samoans shot to death by New Zealand police during a peaceful march along Apia’s beach front.