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New Caledonia, Kanaky

Name (Cartographic): New Caledonia, Kanaky
Indigenous place name: Kanaky
Indigenous Language Group: Kanak
Languages Spoken: French; Kanak (Drehu; Nengone; Paicî; and Ajië)
Quote: Finished the masquerade
of the uprooted without names suddenly appearing
from the West greedy for primary materials.
[...]
Superstars
mariner sandalwooder priest
Characters
soldier governor convict
settler merchant pastor.
Chorus of extras
my proud warrior people naked
without mask
struck fallen exiled
standing rebel militant
Combatant
Lower the masks
Poem.
Gorode, Déwé. "Lower the Masks" [Bas les masques]. Sous les cendres des conques [Beneath the Ashes of the Conches]. Editions populaires, 1985, p. 98-9.
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