THE STORY OF THE LAST ANCIENT HUMAN MIGRATION: THE POLYNESIANS CONQUERING THE LARGEST OCEAN IN THE WORLD, THE PACIFIC OCEAN, TO FIND THEIR RESPECTIVE KINGDOMS IN POLYNESIA

The Name: NAVIGATORS

"Archipelago of the Navigators" was coined legally by the French Explorer Louis-Antoine Bougainville when he first encountered and landed in Taū, Manu'a and Samoa on 03 May 1768.

About:

The story of the migration of the Polynesian Navigators (Samoan and Manu'an) across the East Pacific 3150 years ago. And forging a culture and founding a nation in isolation.



Told in a three book series:

1st book:
Navigators: Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia to be released in November 2020.
Edited by Sheila Deeth
Foreword by Papali'i Dr. Failautusi Avegalio
Afterword by Vui Asiata Dr. Toeutu Fa'aleava

2nd book:
Navigators: Forging a Culture and Founding a Nation to be published 2nd quarter 2021.
Available on Amazon. (Click here)


3rd book:
Navigators' Return: God's "Charge of the Light Brigade" Missionaries to the Melanesian to be published 4th Quarter 2021.

The Journey:

Tracing the Navigators' Migration path requires traversing through various sciences including anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, linguistics, genetics, ethology, comparative mythology and culture, geography, astronomy and others.

It's an Orator Chief's journey to herald his ancient ancestors' mystery migration and their building of a culture in isolation. Read it. It is a personal perspective from a custodian (Chief) of an ancient culture.

The Author:

Ariu Levi

Fata Ariu Levi has been an Orator Chief for over 38 years for his village of Afega in the Tuamasaga district of Upolu Island, Samoa. Ariu Levi, as he is known in business, is a serial entrepreneur and active investor in financial services technology startups for all of his professional career since leaving banking many years ago. He cofounded a U. S. Payments Technology publicly traded company on NASDAQ and was a Vice President in the 2nd largest financial institution in the United States. He has been directing large scale software architecture infrastructure platform developments and implementing large scale legacy digital transformation projects in the last 20 years since early years of the Web paradigm.

Book Reviews

Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia
By Fata Ariu Levi

The author, a Samoan Orator Chief, states he has an ‘aerial survey’ approach to the history and culture of Samoans and Manu’ans in the context of the overall Polynesian race. There certainly is a great deal in the book about these peoples - such as their maritime migrations, oral histories and myths, rulers, cultures, and languages. However, this publication is about much more. It includes tracing the peoples out of Africa eventually ending in the South Pacific area and beyond. It further takes in geography, religion, genetics/DNA, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, cultural diffusion, and number of other fields. As the author pointed out “I am far from an expert in any of the fields that I will traverse, but I will stay true to and honest to the sources of the materials that help illuminate my conviction and beliefs about why, how and when these Polynesians crossed several continents, and their ocean in the world.” And he certainly has done his work in researching and drawing upon specialists and publications across many fields and disciplines. For those who would be interested in an introduction to many of these areas this book is very insightful.

While not a professional, I have had courses, training and involvement in archaeological excavations and related laboratory work (and with anthropology to a lessor extent). Thus I have a great interest in many of the fields he covers. From this publication I learned much about the subjects the author includes and how they link to peoples and tie into their cultures.

To me the work he has done is most relevant for Samoans and Manu’ans and other Polynesian peoples who would do very well to learn from this book. And it provides much background material for those interested in the peoples and cultures in Asia, India and other areas.

Al Newnam


May 26, 2022

ADVICE FROM IR APPROVED AUTHOR FATA ARIU LEVI: “MAKE A COMMITMENT AND TURN IT INTO A HABIT.”


Navigators Forging a Matriarchal Culture in Polynesia received a 4+ star review, making it an IndieReader Approved title.

Following find an interview with author Fata Ariu Levi.

What is the name of the book and when was it published?
Navigators Forging a Matriarchal Culture in Polynesia.

What’s the book’s first line?
“I remember one chilly morning in late January 1983 in New York City, when I came in to work at our office in mid-town Manhattan at 42nd Street across from Penn Central Station. I was greeted with….

Hey Ariu, did you catch the news last night when CBS’ Dan Rather was moderating a debate on who you are, what you are, and what you are going to be? Of course, I did not catch the news the night before, but I immediately glanced over the New York Times headline: “New Samoa Book Challenges Margaret Mead’s Conclusions”.
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May 2, 2022

A comprehensive overview exploring the legend, myth, and mystery surrounding the ancient Polynesian mariners.


Sometime in the not-so-distant past, an intrepid group of explorers began embarking from the shores of Asia into the open sea on a dangerous one-way trip. In the process, this group of mariners settled the large group of South Pacific islands now referred to as Polynesia. The sheer scope and significance of this accomplishment cannot be overstated. Armed with only what would fit in their canoe, the Polynesian mariner’s journey into the unknown often required sailing thousands of miles through dangerous waters—a feat so impressive there is still much debate over just ‘how’ they did it. With NAVIGATORS QUEST FOR A KINGDOM IN POLYNESIA, Fata Ariu Levi explores the legend, myth, and mystery surrounding ‘his’ people, the ancient Polynesian mariners.


Levi opens with a candid preface explaining his reasons for writing NAVIGATORS QUEST. It’s here where the native Samoan explains that he views this book as an extension of his responsibilities as an Orator Chief, a title bestowed upon him nearly thirty years ago. Following an impressively detailed outline of his research perspective, Levi dives headfirst into the Polynesian story of creation. From there, the well-traveled author systematically dissects his ancestry, exploring Polynesia from an Anthropological, Archaeological, Genealogical, and even a Mythological perspective. Each section is logically laid out, adhering to an academic format not unlike what might be found in a textbook. The numerous graphs and illustrations judiciously spread throughout the book are a nice touch as well, providing a welcome dose of context, especially to the sections discussing potential migration patterns. Of particular interest are the final sections focusing on Linguistics and Genetics, each of which underscores the common threads running through the various modern Polynesian nations. After all, Polynesia is a blanket term encompassing numerous populations, including Samoa, Tahiti, and even the Hawaiian islands.


At the risk of underselling, NAVIGATORS QUEST FOR A KINGDOM IN POLYNESIA can be summed up with a single word: comprehensive. So much so that in the hands of a lesser writer, one could envision a dense, dry read. Fortunately, despite his vast breadth of knowledge, Levi’s enthusiasm for his ancestry never fades. While anyone interested in Polynesian tradition and history is an obvious audience for this text, Levi’s greatest accomplishment is the way in which he translates for the layperson. From the myriad of theories regarding the ancient mariners to the throughline that connects them to their modern-day counterparts, Levi approaches each topic with a potent mix of authority and reverence. Be it scientific theories or stories based in oral tradition, all angles are considered. This approach occasionally leads to bouts of redundancy, but any overlap is easily excused considering the author’s gift for storytelling.


As both a debut release and an enduring tribute to the enduring spirit of the Polynesian mariners, Fata Ariu Levi’s NAVIGATORS QUEST FOR A KINGDOM IN POLYNESIA is an absolute success.


~James Weiskittel for IndieReader

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May 2, 2022

AVIGATORS FORGING A MATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN POLYNESIA, the second of the author’s planned three-volume Navigators series, provides a deep history of Samoa that amply draws on, and draws in, linguistics, sociology, anthropology and cross-cultural observation.


In a disclaimer early in NAVIGATORS FORGING A MATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN POLYNESIA, Elder Orator Chief Fata Ariu Levi, a Vietnam veteran, successful banking financial services and information technology entrepreneur, comments that “Samoan and Manu’an history belongs to the people. So, everyone has their own version of it.” Would that all versions of history could be as deep, intelligent, generous and thoughtful as this volume, which touches 3,000 years of Samoan history in this second of his three-volume series.


Levi’s book provides a wealth of knowledge and understanding, offering itself as a priceless resource to interested readers. He relates the stories of critical historical leaders, like LeValasi, Salamasina and the Warrior Queen Nafanua. He helps readers understand the nature of oratorical rituals, meeting protocols the ava (Piper methysticum) ceremony. He carefully explains seating arrangements, organizations, architecture, laws and linguistic protocols. He helps readers understand the Samoan transition to Christianity as well. All the while, Levi effectively implicitly inherently reinforces that a sophisticated culture that has transmitted history orally through Orator Chiefs is an impressive training ground for a writer of history.


The range and depth of Levi’s exploration would make this a book worthy of any library. What amplifies the value of this work further is Levi’s skill as a narrator. This work is profoundly not compartmentalized — a neat trick for a volume of history. Levi, in accessible prose, creates bridge after bridge after bridge, linking personal experience; specific and thoughtfully chosen references to European classic philosophy, history and the era of monarchies that English speakers are trained to believe is their antecedent; and his deep, specific knowledge of Samoan history. Better still, Levi carefully explains, time and again, why things are the way they are.


Elder Orator Chief Fata Ariu Levi’s NAVIGATORS FORGING A MATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN POLYNESIA is a refreshingly careful, profoundly integrative history. For anyone interested in reading great history and for anyone specifically interested in Samoa, this book is a treasure.


~Ellen Graham for IndieReader

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October 21, 2021:

Kirkus Reviews

A Samoan orator chief examines Polynesian culture in this historical sequel.
Dedicated to Samoan High Chieftess and the independent nation’s first female prime minister, Afioga Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, this survey of Polynesian culture pays particular attention to the role of matriarchy in the development of Samoan and Manu’an culture. The first volume of the second installment of a series on Polynesian history, this expertly researched work notes that early Polynesian culture was matriarchal in nature.
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October 19, 2021:

Failautusi Avegalio, Jr Review

Wonderful read. Read it over the weekend and enjoyed it immensely! A feast for thought, reflection and enlightenment as I read through the narrative as if being given a personal tour from forward to conclusion. I loved Luafata's forward, the Matriarchal Culture and History, intimate backgrounds of our women icons, your confrontation with personal demons linked to PTSD, Epilogue and Conclusion.

I will return often, to drink from this well for the kind of cultural nourishment I so lacked for so long; settling for crumbs of information I intuitively sensed was based on misinformation, misinterpretation, disconnection, ignorance or just simple arrogance and bias in its many forms. Malo lava!. In the words of John Keats, in his epic poem, Endymion; I would liken my feelings with how his poem begins. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever". Reading this volume with its special dimension associated with the sacredness of the woman was profoundly meaningful.

Malo lava! Fa'afetai!,
Papalii


April 29, 2021:

Kirkus Review

A debut nonfiction work explores the history of Samoan settlement.

The settling of Polynesia is perhaps the greatest achievement in human migration—and also one of its greatest mysteries. The timeline and manner in which people came to inhabit the scattered islands of the Pacific Ocean remain subjects for debate, even with the advent of modern research. “The story of the Polynesian’s great migration is a mystery that scientists have been trying to unravel for the last two hundred years,” writes Levi.
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Midwest Book Review

Expertly written and presented by an Orator Chief and native Samoan, an experienced teacher of the Island Nation's history, culture, genealogy, religious rituals, and language, with a passion for research, "Navigators Quest For A Kingdom In Polynesia" builds on a plethora of scientific studies from the last 250 years, from the day Ferdinand Magellan first discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1519.
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November 9, 2020:


November 6, 2020:

November 4, 2020:

Paperback is available on Amazon


November 1, 2020:

eBook is available on Amazon Kindle


Description from Amazon

A mystery migration across the East Pacific; a story that traverses science, history and mythology; a tale that awakens the spirit of adventure and reveals a search for freedom and a homeland!

Written by an Orator Chief and native Samoan, a patient teacher of the Island Nation’s history, culture, genealogy, religious rituals, and language, with a passion for research, this book builds on a plethora of scientific studies from the last 250 years, from the day Ferdinand Magellan first discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1519.

Postulating the origin of the Polynesian migration has been a conundrum compounded by the fragmentation of the studies undertaken. But author and Orator Fata Ariu Levi coalesces the results and connects the dots of diverse studies to weave a complex tapestry and reveal the ocean floor’s multi-colored mosaic of the Navigators’ cultural development , history, language and ethnicity.

Follow a Polynesian migration; out of Africa, out of the Levant, out of the Pontic-Caspian steppe, out of the Eurasian steppe, out of India, out of mainland China, out of the Asiatic Archipelago, out of the Malay archipelago, out of the Indonesian archipelago, crossing the Wallace Line into the Bismarck Archipelago, and on to East Pacific Ocean.

Explore the physical sciences: anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, Pacific Ocean geology, the ecosystem of Southeast Asia and more. Add the social sciences: cultural functionalism and structuralism, social organization. Follow ethnological studies of the Navigators’—Samoans’ and Manu’ans’—cultural, economic, heath, and well-being in isolation dating back to the Neolithic period.

Discover one of the oldest languages in the world, and see how language morphology, phonology, particle verbs, and sentence structures reveal the path of Polynesian, Proto-Austronesian, Proto-Indo-European, and even Sanskrit languages—languages of the RigVedas, and of the Dravidians—agglutinative as opposed to inflectional.

Then look at the wonders of DNA sequencing of the Samoan genome—mtDNA revealing a matrilineal family and social structure, Y-chromosome markers revealing the Samoan chieftain structure for leadership and management development.

Orators are the poets of the Polynesian Navigators, delivering messages from ancient ancestors. They are custodians of culture and the operational management of the family organization. And Chiefs are the master storytellers of the culture’s mythology, legends, folklore, and family genealogy. And the myths reveal the history.

With the guidance of Orator Chief, Fata Ariu Levi, discover the timeline of the Polynesian Navigators’ migration, with waves of voyages following that first migration out of Africa around 60,000 years ago—journeys into the Asiatic Archipelago, Indonesia, and the Malay archipelago before the last Glacial Maximum, when the Sahul Shelf was part of Australian continent. Learn how the Austronesian-speaking people were an amalgamation of migrants into the Asiatic Archipelago. Meet the Seafaring population of the coastal line from Taiwan to Madagascar off the coast of East Africa. And follow the Navigators to Polynesia.

It is the land of Mythology.

News

From Business Magnate to Historical Author: A Comprehensive Look At Polynesian Culture From Fata Ariu Levi

Fri, 12/01/2023

Fata Ariu Levi, formerly a serial entrepreneur with a rich history in the business world, has turned his attention to a new kind of venture – sharing the rich history and culture of the Polynesian people. As the President and Co-Founder of a publicly traded in NASDAQ Fundtech Ltd, now Finastra privately owned by Vista Equity Partners, and co-founder and CEO of Primeton Software, Inc., and later the Real Estate Orchestra Group, Inc., Levi has demonstrated exceptional leadership and innovation in the financial services technology and real estate sectors. In November 2020, Levi embarked on a new venture as a self-employed author, channeling his passion for Polynesian culture into literary form. His book, “Navigators Forging a Matriarchal Culture in Polynesia,” offers a profound exploration of Polynesian history, culture, genealogy, religious rituals, and language. As a Paramount Orator Chief for the Maletoa Monarchy and a native Samoan, Levi brings authenticity and depth to his writing.

A Book Born Of Passion

“Navigators Forging a Matriarchal Culture in Polynesia,” is not an ordinary book. Fata Ariu Levi is an orator chief and native Samoan, and he specifically wrote this book to bring light to the nation’s culture, genealogy, religious rituals, and more. Levi’s perspective is deeply rooted in his heritage. “As a post-colonial indigenous Polynesian, I felt compelled to reimagined and retell our story, one that has been predominantly told through European lenses,” Levi explains. His work offers a fresh narrative, blending scientific research, cultural insights, and personal reflections to challenge and enrich traditional historical accounts.

By delving into the complexities of the Polynesian migration, tracing the paths of the Austronesian-speaking people and their journey across the Pacific, Levi skillfully navigates through various disciplines including anthropology, ethnology, and linguistics, providing a comprehensive view of the cultural richness and diversity of the Polynesian people.


LAWeekly News Article

A culture built, nurtured, and anchored by women sustained the seafaring Polynesian Navigators for thousands of years.

Sat, 10/30/2021

Salem Multicultural Institute World Beat celebrates the launching of Navigators Forging a Matriarchal Culture in Polynesia, published October 20, 2021, the first part of author Fata Ariu Levi’s two-volume second book: Navigators Forging a Culture and Founding a Nation—a treatise on the Navigators of the Archipelago’s intrepid migration and settlement of Polynesia from the Neolithic period onward. The author chronicles the evolutionary development of the matriarchal culture of Polynesian Samoans and Manu’ans that has sustained them for over three thousand years.


Salem Multicultural Institute Article

Manu'a orator launches a book detailing the migration of the Navigators across the East Pacific Ocean

Mon, 12/14/2020 - 12:36pm

Manu'a Islands, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoan Orator Chief, Fata Ariu Levi, invites you to join him on a journey through science and history as he announces the fulfilment of his lifelong ambition in the release of his book: Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia.

This account describes the last ancient human migration across the largest body of water in the world, on a journey to discover and colonize the over 8,000 islands of Polynesia, connecting the Asian and American continents during the Neolithic period. It reveals the anatomy of the Polynesian Navigators’ (Samoan) migration from Asia to the East Pacific. And it shows how understanding human migration and/or immigration can enlighten us on the subliminal changing colors of our cultural mosaic identity.

No ancient human migration mystery has been studied, theorized upon, and written about more than the Polynesian journey across Eastern Pacific. Now, finally, a sedulous effort by a culture expert and custodian of Samoan history, language, genealogy, and mythology weaves a multi-threaded motif through the story of the Samoan’s arduous journey across the Pacific Ocean. The author coalesces ideas and connects the dots of a plethora of scientific studies and evidence, postulating and confirming the path of the Navigators’ migration.

What people are saying:

Papali'i Dr.Failautusi Avegalio, author of the foreword and Director of the Pacific Business Center Program, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii System, Hawaii says, “Our understanding of how an ancient primitive culture and people define personal freedom and identity vis-a-vis family, tribal, cultural, national identity and responsibility is vital to the reconcilement of our diversity and coming to grips with our coexistence and sustainability.”

Author Fata Ariu Levi tells us, “All human migrations endure the same plight, all across the globe. Whether it's the Polynesian Navigators crossing the Pacific Ocean, or the African-American Great migration from the Southern States to the Northern States of the United States of America, or the migration from North Africa to Europe, or the immigration from South and Central America into North America, the anatomy of the psychology and sociology of how humans endure extreme physical and mental hardship remains the same. However, drawing from parallel experiences of the past can guide us through how we weave the new threads of our metaphorical, colorful, cultural tapestry.”

And Kathleen Fish, Executive Director of the Salem Multicultural Institute-World Beat, Salem, Oregon and host of the Zoom interview of Fata Ariu Levi on his book launch adds that, "Cultivating and reaffirming our multicultural diversity is a focus and priority."

Author Bio:

In a career spanning over 40 years in payments and financial services technology initiatives, Fata Ariu Levi (or Ariu Levi) is an enterprise software infrastructure platform technology entrepreneur; cofounder of several information financial services technology companies, including the largest banking wholesale payment technology platform that was listed on the NASDAQ financial market and is now privately owned by Finastra, one of the largest financial services technology companies in the world. He was in senior management at Bank of America in charge of global payments and short-term liquidity management. For the past 20 years Fata Ariu Levi has been assisting large enterprises in information technology transformation initiative implementation.

Book Information:

Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia is now available on Amazon in e-book and paperback; soon to be available at other locations—look for it on Walmart.com, in Target, and wherever good books are sold.


Samoa News Article

Afega orator and Vaimoso native Fata Ariu Levi has penned a book “Navigators’ Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia” that charts Polynesian seafarers’ ancient migration across the Eastern Pacific.

No ancient human migration mystery has been studied, theorized upon and written about more than the Polynesian journey across the Eastern Pacific, said Fata who lives in Salem, Oregon in the United States of America. Scientists and academia have been waiting for a book like this, the story of ancient Polynesian migrations written from the perspective of experts in Samoan culture, he told the Samoa Observer in an interview. “The scientists (social and physical sciences) and the academic world are waiting to hear from the culture, for example, Samoa and the people of American Samoa and Manu’a,” Fata said.

Two additional matai contributed to the publication: Papali’i Dr. Failautusi Avegalio from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and Vui Asiata Dr. Toeutu Faaleava at Portland State University in Oregon. “My strategy was to bookend my narrative with two high chiefs that have Ph.Ds and are active in the academic field,” he said. “Thus, Papali'i Dr. Failautusi Avegalio of the University of Hawaii wrote the foreword and High Chief Vui Asiata Dr. Toeutu Fa'aleava of Portland State University at Portland, Oregon wrote the afterword,” Fata said. As matai, Fata says, they hold important responsibilities – including custodians of the country’s culture, history, language, genealogy and heirlooms of the culture such as land, titles and property rights.

He commutes often between the United States and Samoa to fulfill his obligations as a matai of Afega. Fata was bestowed his in 1992. “Orators are the poets of the Polynesian navigators, delivering messages from ancient ancestors. They are custodians of culture and the operational management of the family organisation,” he said.

The book describes chiefs as the master storytellers of the culture’s mythology, legends, folklore, and family genealogy. Its description promises to offer readers a chronology of Polynesian Navigators’ migration, through waves of voyages from Taiwan to Madagascar following a first migration out of Africa around 60,000; through Asia; the archipelagos of southeast Asia all before the Australasian continent we know today had formed. The book describes how Austronesian-speaking people were an amalgamation of migration into Asia’s archipelagos. Fata was born in Vaimoso and attended Seventh-Day Adventist Primary School at Lalovaea.

Two weeks after Samoa celebrated its independence in 1962, he left Samoa for the United States. Fata grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. He served in the U.S. Army and was wounded during his tour in Vietnam. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Accounting from California State University in East Bay, Hayward, California. Fata was previously the Vice President of Bank of America at the Corp Headquarters in San Francisco, California. In “Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia” work Fata names Editor-in-Chief of the Samoa Observer, Gatoa’itele Savea Sano Malifa, in the acknowledgments.

“His (Gatoaitele’s) indefatigable resilience is inspiring and admirable. In the orator lexicon, there are no words to express sincere thanks to you other than simply and humbly saying: Thank you, on behalf of all those who believe in the truth,” Fata said. Fata hopes high school and university students take an interest in his book. “I'm hoping the high school and college or university students would find the book helpful for their advanced studies. I wrote it in a language that balances the academic audience and the curious minds,” said Fata. “I didn't want the social scientists to laugh at me and my work. According to “Anthropologists’ Journal”, no Samoan Manu'an has ever written this comprehensive effort before."




Press Release

Nov 11, 2020, 08:55 ET

Samoan Orator Chief, Fata Ariu Levi, Invites You to Join Him on a Journey Through Science and History as he Announces the Fulfillment Of His Lifelong Ambition in the Release of his Book: Navigators Quest For A Kingdom In Polynesia

This account describes the last ancient human migration across the largest body of water in the world, on a journey to discover and colonize the over 8,000 islands of Polynesia, connecting the Asian and American continents during the Neolithic period. It reveals the anatomy of the Polynesian Navigators' (Samoan) migration from Asia to the East Pacific. And it shows how understanding human migration and/or immigration can enlighten us on the subliminal changing colors of our cultural mosaic identity.

News provided by

Nov 11, 2020, 08:55 ET

SALEM, Ore., Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- No ancient human migration mystery has been studied, theorized upon, and written about more than the Polynesian journey across Eastern Pacific. Now, finally, a sedulous effort by a culture expert and custodian of Samoan history, language, genealogy, and mythology weaves a multi-threaded motif through the story of the Samoan's arduous journey across the Pacific Ocean. The author coalesces ideas and connects the dots of a plethora of scientific studies and evidence, postulating and confirming the path of the Navigators' migration.

What people are saying:

Papali'i Dr.Failautusi Avegalio, author of the foreword and Director of the Pacific Business Center Program, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii System, Hawaii says, "Our understanding of how an ancient primitive culture and people define personal freedom and identity vis-a-vis family, tribal, cultural, national identity and responsibility is vital to the reconcilement of our diversity and coming to grips with our coexistence and sustainability."

Author Fata Ariu Levi tells us, "All human migrations endure the same plight, all across the globe. Whether it's the Polynesian Navigators crossing the Pacific Ocean, or the African-American Great migration from the Southern States to the Northern States of the United States of America, or the migration from North Africa to Europe, or the immigration from South and Central America into North America, the anatomy of the psychology and sociology of how humans endure extreme physical and mental hardship remains the same. However, drawing from parallel experiences of the past can guide us through how we weave the new threads of our metaphorical, colorful, cultural tapestry."

And Kathleen Fish, Executive Director of the Salem Multicultural Institute-World Beat, Salem, Oregon and host of the Zoom interview of Fata Ariu Levi on his book launch adds that, "Cultivating and reaffirming our multicultural diversity is a focus and priority."

Author Bio:

In a career spanning over 40 years in payments and financial services technology initiatives, Fata Ariu Levi (or Ariu Levi) is an enterprise software infrastructure platform technology entrepreneur; cofounder of several information financial services technology companies, including the largest banking wholesale payment technology platform that was listed on the NASDAQ financial market and is now privately owned by Finastra, one of the largest financial services technology companies in the world. He was in senior management at Bank of America in charge of global payments and short-term liquidity management. For the past 20 years Fata Ariu Levi has been assisting large enterprises in information technology transformation initiative implementation.

Book Information:

Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia is now available on Amazon in e-book and paperback; soon to be available at other locations—look for it on Walmart.com, in Target, and wherever good books are sold.

Author: Fata Ariu Levi

Foreword by: Papali'i Dr. Failautusi Avegalio, Director of Pacific Business Center Program Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii System.

Afterword by: Vui Asiata Dr. Toeutu Fa'aleava. Director of McNair Scholars Program Oregon and Assistant Professor of University Studies at Portland State University, Oregon.

Edited by: Sheila Deeth

Contact Information:

Ava Kitty Levi
258806@email4pr.com
Fata Ariu Levi or Ariu Levi
949.812.2511
258806@email4pr.com

Website:
www.navigatorsofthepacificocean.com

SOURCE Fata Ariu Levi


December 14, 2020

Heading:

Dr. Margaret Mead’s legacy is like an umbilical cord, inextricably tied to Manu’an American Samoa. But, as we celebrate her 119th anniversary this December 16, do we even remember the contribution Manu’ans made to her popular book, Coming of Age in Samoa?

Subheading:

Manu’ans cannot lay claim to all Dr. Mead’s accomplishments, but she clearly developed, in Coming of Age in Samoa, an alternative, field-based approach to the challenges of adolescence in post-WWI society and in an era of accelerating industrial revolution—a different approach to Western Society’s old tenets of laboratory-based, empirical science.

Dateline & location:

December 14, 2020. Salem, Oregon.

Introduction:

The world is struggling, today, with migrations and their impact on cultural identity, development, diversity, and social organization, and on the erosion of culture. Understanding the anatomy of the Navigators’ (Manu’an and Samoan) ancient migration may illuminate these complexities and help us unravel them.

“Dr. Mead took a leap of faith to explore the possibility of finding wisdom from a primitive culture in 1925. Why wouldn’t we also explore the knowledge of their ancient migration in 2020?” asks Fata Ariu Levi, author of the recently released book, Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia, in an open dialogue held in Dr. Mead’s 119th anniversary celebration, hosted by the Salem Multicultural Institute and World Beat, a non-profit organization.

“Cultural diversity is often perceived as threatening the erosion of cultural identity. But the reality is that our multicultural diversity is, significantly, tribalism, which provides the beautiful, vibrant colors of our cultural tapestry and is a source of strength and greatness of our Nation,” says Kathleen Fish, Executive Director of the Salem Multicultural Institute and World Beat.

“I only caution,” says Fata Ariu Levi, “let us celebrate and memorialize the scientist, but let us not forget the research ‘control group’—in this case the 68 young girls of Manu’a that Dr. John Derek Freeman, in his quest to refute Dr. Mead’s ethnographic study in Manu’a, accused of lying and making up stories during the questionnaire and interviewing process. Let us not shovel away the memories of those young girls onto the edge of the village. They are not ‘specimens.’ They are princesses of the Paramount Chief King Tuimanu’a.”

Writing of Fata Ariu Levi’s book, High Chief Vui Dr. Toeutu Fa’aleava, Director of the McNair Scholars Program and Assistant Professor of University Studies at Portland State University, Oregon, said, “As a descendant of both Samoa and Manu’a, Fata Ariu Levi delivers this manuscript as a gift to future generations, to help navigate and untangle the knotted threads of their journey and yearnings, and recognize their islands and kingdoms.”

The Book:

Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia offers a chronology of the Navigators’ arduous migration that began with the human migration out of Africa, out of Mainland Asia, and out of the Asiatic Archipelago, finally crossing the Wallace Line and journeying into East Pacific Ocean during the Neolithic period. It’s a story of cultural and social organization development, linguistic origin, and genome-sequencing confirmation. The book is available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle, and paperback and hardcover editions are available in retail book stores.

Author Bio:

Orator Chief Fata Ariu Levi has spent over 40 years of his business career as a banker, in financial services, and as an entrepreneur and co-founder of several information technology initiatives funded out of Israel and Asia that have been publicly traded or sold. He is an active investor in information technology infrastructure platforms for digital transformation of large scale enterprise initiatives.

Contact Information:

Fata Ariu Levi
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April 7, 2022

A History of the Polynesian Navigators of the Archipelago Reimagined in a Modern Perspective Reality

Author Fata Ariu Levi, Salem, Oregon announced the publication of his Navigators Forging a Culture and Founding a Nation Volume II: Navigators Founding a Christian Nation in Polynesia this past March 18. The series is dedicated to the Independent Island Nation of Samoa's First Female Prime Minister, Afioga Fiame Naomi Mata'afa.

This volume completes the Orator Chief's treatise on the more than 3000-year history of the Navigators—Samoans and Manu'ans—in their migration from South Asia and subsequent colonization of the Eastern Pacific region, covering their cultural development and the building of an Island Nation in three books. Volume II of the second book offers a complete history and culture of the Samoan and Manu'an people, chronicled in a new narrative, and offering a new perspective on reality. The Orator Chief offers a new vision of Samoan history and culture, in a paradigm shift 120 years in the making since the scholarly ethnological study in 1902 published by the anthropologist, physician, and biologist Dr. Krämer, The Samoa Islands Volume I & II. Sūsūga Papali'i Dr. Failautusi Avegalio, director of the Pacific Business Center Program (PBCP) Shidler College of Business University of Hawaii System, has described it as a wonderful gift to people of today and to future generations.
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Fata Ariu Levi
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Ava Kitty Levi
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www.navigatorsofthepacificocean.com



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