Kiki: Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime is the autobiography of Albert Maori Kiki

Albert Maori Kiki

Sir Albert Maori Kiki was a Papua New Guinea pathologist and politician. He was one of the founders of the Pangu Party, which demanded 'home rule leading to eventual independence' for New Guinea...

, the Papua New Guinea pathologist and politician.

The book, first published in 1968, describes the author's childhood as a member of a semi-nomadic tribe, with vivid descriptions of rituals and customs. It recounts his first contact with western civilization, his further education, and his political awakening.

According to the preface, the book was dictated onto a tape recorder, and was later transcribed and edited by Ulli Beier

Ulli Beier

Horst Ulrich Beier was a German editor, writer and scholar, who had a pioneering role in developing literature, drama and poetry in Nigeria, as well as literature, drama and poetry in Papua New Guinea...

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The book was reviewed by L L Langness in American Anthropologist, Volume 72, Issue 6, where he describes it as 'an account well worth reading whether you specialise in New Guinea, the Pacific, or in some other area of the world.'

--Contents--

Preface

1. Growing up in Papua

2. Orokolo

3. Initiation

4. Entering the White Man's World

5. Fiji

6. Fighting Years

7. The Buka Affair

8. Growing Tensions

9. Pangu Pati

10. Elections