Brian Taito Alofaituli

In cooperation with the East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Report (PIR), Hawaii Public Radio (HPR) produces daily news and special reports on Pacific Islands issues. PIR’s Assistant Editor, Edelene Osedil Uriarte from Palau, puts together the audio for the HPR.

On May 2, 2011 Edelene released a special piece on EWC student, Brian Alofaituli is presently seeking his M.A. at the Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and is an East-West Center graduate degree fellow. One of the areas of research of Brian is focused on the migration of American Samoans to Hawai‘i and the U.S. Mainland and the historical context of the migration during four main migration periods.

Listen to this audio piece at  Pacific Islands Report.

Links:

• Listen to a PIR interview with ADB Fellow Patrick Kaiku
• Find out details about the US-South Pacific Scholarship Program
• Learn more about the Pacific Islands Development Program
• Visit the Pacific Islands Report website