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Taofia Pelesasa Taofia Pelesasa i(15322150 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Samoan ; Tokelauan
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1 Sonnet Tolu – Agaga / Soul i "When I consider that which life has spared,", Taofia Pelesasa , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 100 2021;
1 Sonnet Lua – Malaga / Journey i "Defending my life’s purpose I have sworn", Taofia Pelesasa , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 100 2021;
1 Te Molimau Taofia Pelesasa , 2019 single work drama

'Vitolina, a young woman is the only person who remains on the sinking Pacific nation of Tokelau in its final moments above the ocean. It’s both a blessing and a burden. The others have all made the journey of resettlement to Australia & she remains to witness her Motherland take its final breath, pondering the uncertainty of her future and everything that once made her people who they were.

'She must dance a final Fatele for her home and farewell what once was.

'Set between Tokelau & Western Sydney and against the changing Pacific landscape Te Molimau is a conversation about ‘Home’, about what makes us who we are and how to navigate new Oceans when the Vaka which carried us for generations can do so no longer.'

Source: 25A.
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