Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, our former Head of State, headed his tribute to Savea Sano Malifa, Editor-in-Chief of the Samoa Observer, Hail to the Chief, and acknowledged his wife, Muli’aga Jean Ash Malifa, for ensuring the show goes on and has kept the ship afloat, despite severe setbacks. I’ll call mine - Hail to Hard Work and Friends. Fata Sano Malifa (Sano), as he was known then, came to journalism with a collection of poems, "Looking down at Waves", already published.
