A review by octavia_cade
Logs In The Current Of The Sea: Neli Lifuka's Story Of Kioa And The Vaitupu Colonists by Neli Lifuka

informative medium-paced

3.0

Mildly interesting autobiographical account of a Tuvalu man, and his eventual involvement in the purchase of an uninhabited Fijian island, subsequently colonised by a number of immigrants from Tuvalu. It's quite short, and I'm not sure that the editing has done it any favours. Much of the autobiographical content, which makes up the bulk of the work, has been taken down from oral records by the editor, who has also contributed a short essay at the end of the book. There are some endnotes, but I tend to think that these could have been more extensive; as it is, this feels as if it's all a bit bare-boned - as if the editor's directing this book at an already quite well-informed audience. Not being so knowledgeable, I'd have liked to have a broader cultural and political context to get a clearer picture, as it were.