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The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the first half of the 20th century. [1] Mau means 'resolute' or 'resolved' in the sense of 'opinion', 'unwavering', 'to be decided', or 'testimony'; also denoting 'firm strength' in Samoan.
The Mau movement in American Samoa or American Samoa Mau (Samoan: O le Mau), was an anti-colonial movement [1] and an independence movement formed in American Sāmoa in the 1920s, which was suppressed by the United States. [2] Established in early 1920, it aimed to challenge the overreach of the U.S. Navy's authority. [3]
Mataʻafa Faumuina Fiame Mulinuʻu I (1889 — 27 March 1948) [1] [2] was a high chief of Samoa and a leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement during the 1920s and 1930s. He was the holder of high-ranking aliʻi chiefly titles: the Tamaʻāiga Mataʻafa, Fiame from Lotofaga and Faumuina from Lepea.
The resistance movement led by Lauaki on Savai'i was called Mau a Pule (1908) which later grew into the national Mau movement. [4] The Mau a Pule represented chiefs protesting against losing their traditional Samoan authority under the colonial administration headed by German Governor Wilhelm Solf. The Mau a Pule represented traditional Samoa ...
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III in front of the octagonal Mau office in Vaimoso village, near Apia, 1929.(Photograph by Alfred James Tattersall). Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o-ā'ana III (4 May 1901 – 29 December 1929) was a paramount chief of Samoa, holder of the Tupua Tamasese dynastic title and became the leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement from early ...
From 1908, with the establishment of the Mau movement ("opinion movement"), Western Samoans began to assert their claim to independence. The Mau movement began in 1908 with the 'Mau a Pule' resistance on Savai'i, led by orator chief Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe. Lauaki and Mau a Pule chiefs, wives and children were exiled to Saipan in 1909. Many ...
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III was the leader of the Mau Movement until his assassination by NZ armed forces during the Black Saturday massacre in 1929. Realizing that his death could spark a bloody war with NZ colonial forces, Tamasese called for peace and for the Mau to continue on with its passive resistance and civil disobedience.
Samuel Sailele Ripley (November 22, 1883 – July 8, 1961) was a leader of the Mau movement in American Sāmoa, which sought resistance to U.S. colonial rule in the early 20th century. For his involvement, he was deported, barred, and exiled from his homeland by the U.S. government.