Kanaky

Abstract

This collection of interviews with and essays by the charismatic Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1936-1989) reveal the remarkable scope of his political career: his rhetorical power, his passionately held beliefs and his persuasive ideology of Kanak unity and independence. Through his intellectual legacy covering ethnology, development, Kanak culture and spirituality, as well as political analysis, the reader is given an unparalled insight into the social and political dynamic of New Caledonia and the Kanak people.