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Hermana Ramarui

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Hermana Ramarui is a Palauan poet and educator.

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Pojas, Rhealyn C. (7 May 2019). "Her poetry lives on". Island Times. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Hermana Ramarui". The Poetry Foundation. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  3. ^ Au, Kimberly Kay. (1991) "Analysis of Meaning, Content and Style: Poetry from the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau." Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.