Strange Bedfellows
Saturday, June 7th, 2008[Originally published in the Vanuatu Daily Post's Weekender Edition.]
Modern Vanuatu society expresses its values three ways: through kastom, the law and the church. If we reflect honestly on each of them, we have to admit that not one is ideally implemented. Nonetheless, each is inextricably woven into our identity, and thus bound to the other [...]
Kastom & The Law: Worlds Apart
Saturday, May 24th, 2008It’s hard to decide whether our comprehensive understanding of the causes of crime should be cause for joy or despair. If we see so clearly what needs doing, why don’t we do it?