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April 16, 2021
Tannese men in the town of Yaohnanen holding portraits of Prince Philip following his death (Photo: Dan McGarry/AFP/Getty Images
Myth-busting the west’s coverage of Tanna’s Prince Philip movement
Far from worshipping their former colonial masters, by proudly appropriating and indigenising a piece of British culture the Tannese are asserting their own mana, writes Scott Hamilton.
In the aftermath of Prince Philip’s death, the western media has turned its gaze to Tanna, a mountainous island in the far south of Vanuatu. Tanna is the home of the Prince Philip movement, whose members revere the late consort to the queen. A series of ceremonies on Tanna have been held to mourn and celebrate Philip.