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Local narratives of a great transformationarticle 1998 • Otto, Ton
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
Otto has written a history of a famous Manus leader and prophet, Paliau Maloat (1910-1991), and the movement named after him, the Paliau Movement. The movement was a reaction to the inequities of colonialism, although Paliau began his public life by ...The Paliau movement in Manus and the objectification of traditionarticle 1992 • Otto, Ton
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
This is the story of the conversion of the Manus to Christianity. Otto describes how it was almost an overnight phenomenon after an initial 15-year period of slow if negligible success. He explains the reason for this sudden change to an accumulation...