Yuki Kihara

E lauiloa Yuki mo le iloiloga i le iviivia o tala fa’asolopito o le pulea mai o Papalagi i le Pasefika, ma le fesiliga o tala fa’auiga sese e Sisifo mai le fa’asoa le fa’alapotopotoga  Fa’afafine o lo’o ia feagai ai i totonu o Samoa.  

E fiafia foi le Matagaluega o Tusiata e faasilasila atu Natalie King ua avea ma pule mo le auai atu o Niu Sila.  O lo’o Porofesa Atiina’e i le Iunivesete o Melepone, ma e laua’itele le silafia i ata fa’aleonaponei i Ausetalia atoa, Asia-Pasefika ma Europa. Sa avea ma pule i le fa’aaliga lauiloa mo le malae Ausetalia i le Biennale Arts 2017.

Yuki is renowned for delving into the complexities of postcolonial histories in the Pacific and interrogating Western misinterpretations from the perspective of Fa’afafine (Samoan for ‘in the manner of a woman’ broadly understood as the LGBTIQ+ in the Western context) community which she belongs to in Sāmoa.