No.1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1956-2016

WHICH WAY? Cut off from the rest of the world for many centuries, Melanesians nevertheless survived as a people. Now that we are finally connected with the world, we suddenly see ourselves through the world mirror. Will we see our own true size images, or will we see ourselves in the images and the shadows of others? Will we see ourselves in the long shadows of the dwindling light and the advanced darkness of the evening dusk, or will we see ourselves in the long radiant rays of the rising sun? We can choose if we will. BERNARD NAROKOBI Quoted in Henry Olela (ed.), The Melanesian Way , Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Boroko, c.1980, p.5.