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KastomK aKa KrISHNA Nahow is an Australian South Sea Islander; a descendent of South PacifiK Islanders from the Vanuatu islands of Mota Lava, Vanua Lava and Tanna; who were treated as slaves; they were tricked and kidnapped onto tallships by BlaKbirders; the euphemism for the white slave traders, who took them to Kueensland to build the luKrative kotton and sugarkane plantations from 1863. The Kueensland, Australian eKonomy was built on the bakbones of the Pacific Islanders who pioneered the Kueensland AgriKultural eKonomy. KrISHNA Nahow is a proud South Sea Islander; artist, eduKator, kastom advoKat, human and kultural rights and Kultural awareness AKtivist, Vanuatu lover and Koveuteur of evrisamting K. Artist KrISHNA Nahow - is an installation artist who uses various mediums to konvey a story. Her style is narrative and she eKspresses the representation of her unik Kultural identity, the diaspora of Australian South Sea Islanders. Last year KrISHNA and her two children spent seven months living with the Kommunity of Motalava. This was the second visit to Motalava for her, the first time was a one month visit in 1995 where she first fell in love with Vanuatu and Kastom life.Known in the native language as Mwotlap; it is a small, remote, rural island in the northern Banks Islands group in Vanuatu that is strong in Kastom belief and Kristianity. As one of the six recipients of the Kommonwealth Konnections International Artist in Residence she used the opportunity to go to the place where her family Womal descend from to reKonnekt with family and to learn her family heritage. All these islands are in the nation of Vanuatu. "You can look straight across the water from Womal ground in Neringnuman Village, Mwotlap to Lorull(her family lineage also) ground at Quissee, Vanua Lava." "Theres a south sea islander mural in Bowen, North Kweensland, in the IGA supermarket kar park of family Womal and family Yasso and in this mural is a bay where the blakbirders tall ships kame in and akross this bay you see a bigger island with a volKano in the distance. This here now is the actual view from Womal ground akross to Lorull ground. I have seen it and it was konfirmed when I showed the picture of this mural around in Mwotlap, straight away people told me exaktly where that place is." ~ KrISHNA Nahow