This Samoan Proverb is a warning about procrastination
This article was first posted in 2018 on our previous website, One Samoana. The uncle I mention here went to laugh thunderstorms in Heaven in 2020.
Why alagaupu (Samoan proverbs) are so important and how to learn them
A little while ago, I posted a list of 12 alagaupu (Samoan proverbs) that I’d found in my grandfather’s notebook, with explanations I got from my mother and her tulafale (orator chief) brother. I had no idea how popular that post would get – or how big an appetite our community has for Samoan proverbs, […]
12 Alagaupu (Samoan Proverbs) about Family
Last Word These are only 12 …well, 11 (plus 1 extra)… out of over 400 alagaupu that my grandfather recorded in his notebook. I’ll work on sharing more of them with you in upcoming posts – but yes, I may have to save my most favourites for myself and the lauga that I will put […]