Safua Akeli Amaama

Safua Akeli Amaama
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Samoa
NationalitySamoan
Occupation(s)Historian, academic and museum curator

Togialelei Safua Akeli Amaama (born ~1982)[1] is a Samoan academic. She works as Head of New Zealand and Pacific Histories and Cultures at Te Papa, the National Museum of New Zealand and is the first Pacific person to hold the role. She is also Adjunct Research Fellow in the Museum and Heritage Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and an Associate Researcher for the Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.[2]

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  2. ^ "Dr Safua Akeli Amaama appointed as Te Papa's Head of History and Pacific Cultures". Tagata Pasifika. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.