Taika Waititi’s new movie Next Goal Wins tells the real-life story of American Samoa’s men's soccer team — infamously one of the world’s worst — and their quest to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup ...

APIA, Samoa, July 31 (Reuters) - Keyonce Lee Hang is busy finishing preparations for the to'ona'i, a traditional lunch served after Sunday church in Samoa, and attending to her elderly, bed-ridden ...

“I like being physical,” laughs Jaiyah Saelua, “I’m like the Sergio Ramos of Oceania football.” Saelua, one of football’s great trailblazers, is speaking to The Athletic in a London hotel, where the ...

Bright lights, glittering dresses and dazzling smiles are a feature of every beauty pageant, but Samoa's Miss Fa'afafine is a pageant with a difference - an annual celebration of the island nation's ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- "What are you?" The question was posed to Tafi Toleafoa by a young woman across the computer lab. People often want to know, but they rarely ask: Students look quizzical.

Prominent Samoan lawyer and fa'afafine, Alex Su'a, debunks the myth that fa'afafine are Samoan males forced to become females. The myth goes that a Samoan fa'afafine is a boy brought up as a girl in a ...

APIA, Samoa » Two days after winning for the first time in its soccer history, American Samoa stretched its unbeaten run to two games. After Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Tonga, American Samoa drew 1-1 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. David Huebner, born May 7, 1960 in ...

On a warm Tuesday night in Fugalei in Apia, Samoa's capital, the air hums with anticipation as a local hall fills with young people. With the Boom Kaisi Ball just days away, Pacific Rainbow+ youth ...

Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ introduces audiences to American Samoan culture, including its third-gender fa’afafine community Presley Ann/Getty; Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Courtesy of Searchlight ...

Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ introduces audiences to American Samoan culture, including its third-gender fa’afafine community But along with immersing audiences in the natural beauty and cultural ...