Falefa Meeting Between 1923 - 1928 Samoa
Falefā is located on the north eastern coast of Upolu island in Samoa. It was the ancient capital during the ('government') of (King) Fonoti after defeating his kin Vaafusuaga Toleafoa and Samalaulu for control of Samoa. King Fonoti chose to rule from his new seat in Falefa, an honour remembered in its ''faalupega'' (Charter and Salutations) to this day. Falefa is headed by the descendants of its two founders - Moeono Falealoga (''tulafale-alii or 'matua'') and Leutele Leutogatui (''matua-alii''), the sons of Tui Atua Lemuaiteleloloa and his wife, Leateafaiga. It is situated in the Anoamaa 1 electoral constituency which itself is situated within the larger ancient political 'district' of Anoamaa, a province of Atua (district), Atua. Atua is headed by the Tufuga Efi, Tui Atua (sovereign of Atua), a title once held by the seer Tui Ātua Leutele (called Tui Atua Leuteleleiite) in the 10th century, during Samoa's period of antiquity. Since the 17th century, this mantle has been ...
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