Malcolm Naea Chun

In one of his last published papers, Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck), the only Polynesian director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, asked what happened to Hawaiian oratory and speech making. Oratory is renowned throughout the Pacific, especially in Polynesia. But who were, and are, the great Hawaiian orators? What are the most memorable of the traditional speeches, and why are they remembered and recited today? Malcolm Naea Chun takes up this Maori challenge, describing the historical roots of Hawaiian oratory, and its eventual decline. He adds to this his personal experience as a speech writer and as a speech maker to kings and queens, indigenous tribunals, conferences, and gatherings to recreate a formidable picture of Hawaiian oratory, finishing with a discussion of what can be done today to revive this forgotten art form. This book is one of eleven short volumes of the Ka Wana series, which is part of the Pihana Na Mamo Native Hawaiian Education Program.

Item Code: KW108
ISBN: ISBN-10 1-58351-049-4; ISBN-13 978-1-58351-049-0
Program: Ka Wana Series
Pages: 36, Year: 2007
Grade Level: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13+
Illustration: yes
Audience: Student/Teacher
Binding Types: Soft Cover

$8.95
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Published by Curriculum Research & Development Group, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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