Hermana Ramarui
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Palauan poet and educator
Hermana Ramarui is a Palauan poet and educator.
Ramarui is from Palau and studied English at the University of Guam.[1][2]
After returning to Palau, Ramarui worked at the Ministry of Education (MOE) and taught at Palau High School in Koror City.[1] As an educator, she contributed to the creation of the Palauan Cultural Profile Curriculum and Palauan Orthography to preserve Palauan language and culture.[2]
Ramarui's poetry collection The Palauan Perspectives (1984) explored topics including colonialism, identity, the environment, traditions, war,[1][3] and the United States nuclear presence in Micronesia.[4] It was locally printed.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 Pojas, Rhealyn C. (7 May 2019). "Her poetry lives on". Island Times. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Hermana Ramarui". The Poetry Foundation. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ Au, Kimberly Kay. (1991) "Analysis of Meaning, Content and Style: Poetry from the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau." Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia; Zabus, Chantal J. (1 January 2010). "Nuclear Imperialism: The United States and Micronesia". Colonization Or Globalization?: Postcolonial Explorations of Imperial Expansion. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7391-3176-3.
- ↑ Kiste, Robert; Marshall, Mac (1 March 1999). American Anthropology in Micronesia: An Assessment. University of Hawaii Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-8248-6142-1.
