Tui Manu'a
Tui Manuʻa Confederacy | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Fitiuta |
| Official languages | Samoan |
| Recognised regional languages | Fijian Tongan Futunan Niuean Uvean Tuvaluan Tokelauan Cook Islands Māori i-Kiribati Tahitian Rotuman Pukapukan |
| Religion | Samoan mythology |
| Government | Monarchy |
| Tu'i Manu'a | |
| Historical era | Pre-Tagaloa |
| Today part of | Samoa Fiji American Samoa Tonga Niue Wallis and Futuna Tuvalu Tokelau Cook Islands Kiribati Rotuma French Polynesia |
The title Tui Manuʻa was the title of the ruler or paramount chief of the Manuʻa Islands in present-day American Samoa.
The Tuʻi Manuʻa Confederacy, or Samoan Empire, are descriptions sometimes given to Samoan expansionism and projected hegemony in Oceania which began with the founding of the Tui Manu'a title. Traditional oral literature of Samoa and Manu'a talks of a widespread Polynesian network or confederacy (or "empire").