Afaese Manoa

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Afaese Manoa (born 1942 in Tuvalu[1]) is a Tuvaluan writer and musician.

Afaese Manoa is the author of words and music to an anthem, Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvalu for the Almighty), in the Tuvaluan language.[2] In 1978, the year of Tuvalu's independence from the United Kingdom, Manoa's anthem lyrics and music were adopted as the national anthem of Tuvalu.

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