A group of Samoans, including the well-known rebel Mata'afa Iosefo (the standing figure), 1902. Artist: Thomas Andrew.

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A group of Samoans, including the well-known rebel Mata'afa Iosefo (the standing figure), 1902. Mata'afa Iosefo was the candidate backed by the Germans for the kingship of Samoa during their rivalry with Britain and the United States for control of the islands in the colonial era. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902].

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