'Nafanua' is the name and title of a historical woman chief of Samoa who instituted the protocols of the "fono" councils of the Samoa Islands and the "fa'amatai" chiefly system organized under these protocols.
'Nafanua' is also the name of the Samoan warrior goddess who according to legend, helped the Samoans win their freedom from Tonga. She is the daughter of
Saveasi'uleo and
Tilafaiga.
'Nafanua' is a Pacific-class patrol boat operated by the Samoa Police Department. It was provided to Samoa by the
Australian Government as part of the
Pacific Patrol Boat Program.
'Nafanua' is the name of an active underwater
volcanic cone in
American Samoa.
Nafanua Volcano is named after the warrior goddess.
See also
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Military of Samoa
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Samoa
there's another version of the story of nafanua on googles which tells that Nafanua was the daughter of Saveasi'uleo and Taema (the twin sister of Tilafaiga)...so which one was the real mother of Nafanua????
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