What is or who is a Wantok?

Trevor
29/07/2011

Identity is still defined in terms of one's own kin, or wantoks, rather than by nationality, an introduced and unfamiliar notion. Wantok comes from Tok Pisin, "one talk", a person who speaks your language. It is no surprise that with over eight-hundred-and-thirty wantok identities it is difficult to find a true unity of all people in PNG.

This diversity is one reason why nationalism is largely a foreign concept in PNG.

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