A Brief History
He was born in Tongatapu, Tonga, in 1826, as the son of Aleamotu'a, Tu'i Kanokupolu In 1840 he married Elenoa Ngataialupe, with whom he had one child, Siale'ataongo, in Nukuʻalofa. Also a Christian, Ma'afu introduced Methodist Christianity to eastern Fiji. Ma'afu died 6 February 1881 in Sawana, Lomaloma on the island of Vanuabalavu, and was buried on the Island of Lakeba in the chiefly village of Tubou.
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