Edwin Nanau Sitori
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Edwin Nanau Sitori, also known as Eddie Sitori (born in the mid-1930s in Onepusu, Malaita
), is a Solomon Islands
former amateur composer and singer, best known for composing the country's unofficial "national song", "Walkabout long Chinatown
".
In the 1950s, he worked as an electrician at the Honiara Power House, which provided electricity to Honiara
. It was there that he composed the song, with Rone Naqu and Jason Que. He also sang and played the guitar in several bands during the 1950s and 60s. From the 1960s to the 1980s, he worked at sea as a shipboard electrician, before working once more as an electrician on land.
Malaita
Malaita is the largest island of the Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands. A tropical and mountainous island, Malaita's pristine river systems and tropical forests have not been exploited. Malaita is the most populous island of the Solomon Islands, with 140,000 people or more than a third of the...
), is a Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
former amateur composer and singer, best known for composing the country's unofficial "national song", "Walkabout long Chinatown
Walkabout long Chinatown
"Walkabout long Chinatown" is a "popular folksong" from Solomon Islands...
".
In the 1950s, he worked as an electrician at the Honiara Power House, which provided electricity to Honiara
Honiara
Honiara, population 49,107 , 78,190 , is the capital of the Solomon Islands and of Guadalcanal Province, although it is a separately administered town...
. It was there that he composed the song, with Rone Naqu and Jason Que. He also sang and played the guitar in several bands during the 1950s and 60s. From the 1960s to the 1980s, he worked at sea as a shipboard electrician, before working once more as an electrician on land.