This course provides an introduction to the culture area in the Southwest Pacific Ocean known as Melanesia through an examination of classic and contemporary ethnography of Papua New Guinea, Solomon ...

Papua’s Melanesian population shares few cultural connections with the rest of Indonesia and the military has long been ...

West Papuans and their supporters say they have been “let down” by Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders over a decision not to admit the United Liberation Movement of West Papua as a full member, ...

THE inaugural Aelan Riddim Music Festival (ARMF), held at the Pacific Crown Hotel on Saturday night was nothing short of a ...

In 2024, Toroama told BenarNews he would be seeking observer status at the subregional MSG – grouping PNG, Fiji, Solomon ...

ORGANISERS of the Aelan Riddim Music Festival (ARMF) are planning to expand the festival’s reach far across the Melanesian ...