Paramount Chief Palepoi Afamasaga Mauga
was chosen to lead the people of American Samoa after a 5 year dispute of the title. His marriage to Sipusi Malepeai, daughter of the Paramount Chief Malepeai of Western Samoa, was to join the two main islands of Samoa. Even though the islands remain separate, the families and villages honor the Mauga name for their endeavors for their country.
Hon. Princess Apaula Sulimoni Molifua Young, PC Mauga's eldest granddaughter,
revisits her youth as she returns to American Samoa. (Along with her is, soon to be daughter-in-law, Jodie Holness- Marriage to Gene Moimoi Young to take place late August of 2014, England )
Hon. Apaula remembers her grandfather's passing like it was yesterday. She remember's sacred rituals and keeps them close to her heart as she takes in the warm tropical air.
Education was the legacy grandfather wanted for his posterity, so he urged his youngest daughter, Hon. Princess Sulimoni Mauga Molifua, husband Hon. Henry Taaga Molifua and 11 children to move to the states for education opportunities.
Following Father's advise, Henry Taaga and Sulimoni moved to Hawaii but could not take all their children at once, leaving my mother, Apaula to be raised by her Grandparents PC Mauga and Sipusi Malepeai Mauga. It is here in the very spot, Apaula flourished, surrounded in the ancient lands, her family and in her traditions.
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