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This document summarizes an article from the journal History and Anthropology. The article compares discourses among the Arosi people of Makira Island in Solomon Islands to the Matter of Britain stories from medieval Europe. Since civil unrest in Solomon Islands from 1998-2003, the Arosi have elaborated on stories about a secret underground army base beneath their island. The author argues that both the Arosi stories and the Matter of Britain stories arise from communities mythologizing themselves and other

Author

Ignacio Fernández De Mata

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