Samoa

New Interactive Website Featuring Henry Louis Gates, Tracks Slave Voyages

The new slave voyages website counts as the product of three years of development by a multi-disciplinary team of historians, librarians, curriculum specialists, cartographers, computer programmers, and web designers, in consultation with scholars of the slave trade from universities in Europe, Africa, South America, and North America.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Celebrates His Culture With ‘Moana’

To say that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is “busy” is an understatement. The former athlete’s career has transcended his days as a WWE wrestler. Now Johnson is a global superstar who’s name is synonymous with box office success having starred in such action films as “Hercules”, “Central Intelligence” as well as the “Fast & Furious” franchise. What makes Johnson’s latest project different from his previous endeavors is the fact that he’s paying homage to his Samoan culture in the new animated Disney film “Moana”. In the movie, Johnson plays a demigod name Maui who “literally” steals the heart of an