An enthralling debate competition was organised as part of MACFEST’s literary component “Haus Storian” at Alliance Francaise in Port Vila. The competition was hosted by Nabanga Pikinini Association, an organising
From the 1860s until 1901, trading ships took Pacific islanders to work on plantations - many kidnapped or tricked, now some of those families are being reunited.
After thousands of people were taken from islands in the Pacific in the 19th century and brought to Australia to work, their only link home was storytelling and song now, with the rise of social media and affordable travel, their descendants are working to reunite families that were torn apart.