Adagege

Adagege, alternatively spelled Ada Gege or Ada-gege, is an artificial island built on the reef in the Lau Lagoon on Malaita in the Solomon Islands;[1] it is located in Malaita Province. The road from Auki ends at Fouia wharf opposite the islands of Sulufou and Adaege in the Lau Lagoon.[2] Adagege was the power base of Kwaisulia, a prominent strongman in the area who held influence from the early 1880s to his death in 1909, during which time the island was fortified with barbed wire.[3]

References
  1. "Historical Photographs of Malaita". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. Stanley, David (1999). South Pacific Handbook. Moon South Pacific. p. 895. ISBN 978-1566911726.
  3. Roger Keesing; James G. Carrier (1992). "Kwaisulia as Culture Hero". History and Tradition in Melanesian Anthropology. University of California Press. p. 176. ISBN 9780520075238. Retrieved October 14, 2020.


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