Teo Tuvale (26 August 1855 – December 1919) was a notable Samoan historian who served terms as Chief Justice and Secretary to Government in Samoa during the era of colonialism.[2]
Tuvale is the author of An account of Samoan History up to 1918,[3] a key historical text in Samoan history which includes first hand accounts of the rivalry between European colonial powers and Samoan chiefly families.[2] He was also an official translator and spoke English, German and some Fijian.[2]
- ^ "1 - NZETC". www.nzetc.org.
- ^ a b c Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy (1998). Tamaitai Samoa:their stories. University of the South Pacific,[email protected]. p. 22. ISBN 982-02-0137-3.
- ^ [1] New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. Retrieved 16 November 2009