Meaning of Bougainvillean | Babel Free

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A native or inhabitant of Bougainville.

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““Nobody has ever asked us what we wanted,” a resentful Bougainvillean told a visitor, alluding to the copper development as well as the colonial history.”

“The island of Bougainville had its brief moment of international notoriety more than a decade ago. No conversation with a stranger seems to go very far before that moment is recalled, however, because to many Bougainvilleans it serves to illustrate how they came to terms with the evaporation of their traditional world.”

“Prime Minister Paias Wingti acknowledges serious lapses of discipline by the military, but says claims of human rights abuses are exaggerated by “ignorant international do-gooders.” He insists that most Bougainvilleans support the government and are being terrorized by the rebels.”

“Most remarkable of all, though, the Bougainvilleans have refined coconut oil into a fuel for the few generators and trucks that still functioned on the island during the blockade.”

“They wore their best clothes, but the 100 Bougainvilleans who filed into Papua New Guinea’s Parliament on Jan. 23 carried only modest hopes. They had waited through 13 years and six wrecked truces for last year’s deal ending the secessionist rebellion on their island; […]”

“Local officials say the arrival of the mysterious foreigners boosted Musingku’s stature, and hence his potential to take more money from Bougainvilleans.”

“Many Bougainvilleans however feel a closer cultural affinity to the nearby Solomon Islands, with a strong provincial identity that differs from the tribal factions of other regions of Papua New Guinea.”

“Speaking in the native Tok Pisin language to several thousand ecstatic Bougainvilleans, many wearing traditional grass skirts, carrying spears and waving the islands' cobalt-blue flag, he emphasized the need for economic development.”

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