Pacific artist Olivia Foa’i

Olivia Foa’i with Nana Vailega
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In June of 2025, Olivia Foa'i boarded the MV Mataliki in Samoa bound for Fakaofo in Tokelau - a 24-hour voyage across a vast stretch of rolling Pacific ocean. She was returning to her grandfather's homeland for the first time since childhood. Although she had spent much...