Semisi Nau: The Story of My Life: A Tongan Missionary at Ontong Java

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Title: Semisi Nau: The Story of My Life: A Tongan Missionary at Ontong Java
Author: Semisi Nau
Editor: Allan K. Davidson
Year: 1996
Publisher: Institute of Pacific Studies
Country: Tonga
153 pages

The "introduction" is actually about half the book. It provides a useful historical and religious context for Semisi Nau's memoir and life. Nau's document is a record of movements from place to place, plus some cultural observations. It is not very personal and not even very specific about his religious interventions. It has more in common with Ratzinger's Milestones than with the introduction that frames it. This account is interesting for its window on internecine conflict and institutionalized racism.