Books in the Talanoa: contemporary Pacific literature series

This volume brings together three plays by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. They are ""The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu"", ""Emmalehua"" and ""Ola Na Iwi"".

An epic spanning three generations, Leaves of the Banyan Tree tells the story of a family and community in Western Samoa, exploring on a grand scale such universal themes as greed, corruption, colonialism, exploitation, and revenge. Winner of the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award, this is a classic work of Pacific literature.