Tahiti may have had its fair share of starry-eyed Western painters, but it was Samoa that always seemed to be the darling of European and American authors. Jack London, British poet Rupert Brooke, James A Michener just to name a few. But the most esteemed of all was the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, who spent the last four years of his life in Samoa. He became one of the most revered figures in Samoan history, or at least the most celebrated Westerner. Not because of his writing but rather because of his keenness for Samoan culture and his stance against colonialism in the South Pacific. Known as the Tusitala or Teller of Tales Stevenson’s prose is still part of the curriculum at Samoan schools. destinasian/countries/australia-oceania/samoa/samoa-sojourn/
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