Pacific artist Olivia Foa’i
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...

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