Did Hawaiians originate in Samoa?
Advertiser
has a brief review
of a new book Polynesian
Interconnections by Peter Leiataua Ahching,
arguing "based on archaeological data, genetic studies and word similarities,
that Hawaiians and other Polynesians originated in Samoa." Ahching authored the
book "because he was bothered by the controversy that surrounded the casting of
wrestler/actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as King Kamehameha in a proposed
Sony/Columbia film about the Islands' famous monarch," and that with his Samoan
background, Ahching believes, Johnson is a culturally appropriate choice for the
role.
Posted: Sun - January 22, 2006 at 07:33 AM