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Box inscription: Kwai’ime on the Bell Affair [translated].

• circa 1962-1993

• Keesing, Roger M., 1935-1993

Located in Series 7) Solomon Islands - Sound Recordings, subseries C) Reel-to-Reel. Arranged in numbered order from 1 to 151.

This digital sound file was recorded from original audiotape in the Roger Keesing Papers (Box 68, Folder 20).

1/4 inch open reel audio (mono)

Kwai’ime, of ’Ai’eda, was one of the principles in the 1927 attack on District Officer William Bell and his party. He lived into the 1970s, having been jailed for 15 years for his part in the attack.
Side A: An undated transcript of an interview with Kwai’ime in the Keesing Papers, mostly in English but with some Kwaio, is probably this interview. Undated but circa 1969 or 1970.

• Malaita (Solomon Islands)
• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• Solomon Islands

• Bell assassination and punitive expedition of 1927–1928
• Kwaio (Solomon Islands people)

• image
• sound recording

Online finding aid

• Roger M. Keesing Papers

• Heirs of Roger M. Keesing

[Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]

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2021-11-15