Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
UH Hilo's Kuleana and Community Talk Story with Mago Smith and Malik Girley, who talk about the connections between land ownership/management, aloha ʻāina, African land values, plantation slavery, and immigration labor.
Our speakers also talk about how we can use this information to heal ourselves and the land, as well as how we can join together in the fight to restore sovereignty in our food systems.
Filmed in Kilohana, Edwin Mookini Library, University of Hawai'i at Hilo on February 28, 2025.
Sponsored by the UH Hilo Chancellor’s Office, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, Kilohana: The Academic Success Center, Dr. Colby Miyose, Center for Global Education and Exchange and Dr. Alton Okinaka.
UH Hilo's Kuleana and Community Talk Story with Mago Smith and Malik Girley, who talk about the connections between land ownership/management, aloha ʻāina, African land values, plantation slavery, and immigration labor.
Our speakers also talk about how we can use this information to heal ourselves and the land, as well as how we can join together in the fight to restore sovereignty in our food systems.
Filmed in Kilohana, Edwin Mookini Library, University of Hawai'i at Hilo on February 28, 2025.
Sponsored by the UH Hilo Chancellor’s Office, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, Kilohana: The Academic Success Center, Dr. Colby Miyose, Center for Global Education and Exchange and Dr. Alton Okinaka.










