Sumsuma
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Sumsuma
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Sumsuma was one of the leaders of the Rabaul strike, the first industrial strike in Papua New Guinea. Sumsuma was born in the village of Sasa on Boang Island sometime around 1903. He became a seaman at age 10 and by 1927 was the captain of a small trading schooner. His wage of £12 a month made him one of the higher-paid seamen, the average wage of a Papua New Guinean at the time being half that. On January 2, 1929, Sumsuma organized a strike in Rabaul with the goal of increased wages. He was ass
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Papua New Guinean unionist
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2023-12-18T15:13:22Z
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