KnowraSamoan independenceLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Samoan independence, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 3Related 4Narrower topic 2Compared with 1SamoaRelated: Independence made Samoa the first Pacific island country to regain sovereignty after the Second World War.German SamoaRelated: Independence closed the period of foreign rule that followed German Samoa.ApiaRelated: Independence established Apia as the capital of a sovereign state.Samoan IslandsBroader topic: It transformed the western part of the divided archipelago into a sovereign state.Albert WendtRelated: Independence formed a key historical backdrop for Wendt’s writing about nationhood and self-determination.Malietoa Tanumafili IINarrower topic: Independence began Tanumafili’s tenure as the country’s head of state.History of SamoaBroader topic: Independence ended New Zealand’s administration and made Samoa the first Pacific island country to regain sovereignty in the twentieth century.Decolonisation of OceaniaBroader topic: It established an early model of negotiated independence in the region.Second Samoan Civil WarCompared with: The partition’s colonial outcome contrasts with the later restoration of Samoan self-government.Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele MalielegaoiNarrower topic: The institutions in which Tuilaʻepa rose were built after independence.