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Pat's posting pushes the Curry/Koczberski late 1980s Sepik date back to
the 1970s.<br><br>
Two further recent examples (online), the first also from the (West)
Sepik region: <br><br>
1. "Four villages are in dispute with Youngite over the <i>Tenkile
</i>cave: Rauwetei, Waunulu, Souelete and Maiwetum. Rauwetei people
settled in Youngite's ground; they are referred to as "kam
man". The Waunulu, they also argue, are from Kupalu, and they
arrived to settle land that belonged to Youngite, which Youngite did not
give them. An ancestor woman married in to Waunulu, and a kandare meri in
Youngite gave her son a piece of land."<br><br>
In Sullivan, N., with Warr, T., Rainbubu, J., Emori, R., Allman, N.,
Mamdeni, L., and Williams, K. 2003. <b>The Wape people, after the Devil
Fish: Culture and conservation of Scott's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus
Scottae</b>).
<a href="http://www.nancysullivan.org/pdf/companyreport-tenkilewapelumi.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://www.nancysullivan.org/pdf/companyreport-tenkilewapelumi.pdf</a>..
p. 90<br><br>
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2. "In PNG, as soon as you go to another district you are considered
a foreigner. It's even worse if you go to another province. When I moved
from my village to the provincial capital (after quitting my well paid
job to go help the village people), those in town regarded me as a
"kam man". I am still regarded as a kam man after living there
for 5 years. Two years ago I moved to another province and it is even
worse. I am a "kam man" here as well!"<br>
27 June 2007,
<a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/210143/thread/1182313265/last-1183554610/Return+all+you+prodigal+sons+of+PNG" eudora="autourl">http://www.network54.com/Forum/210143/thread/1182313265/last-1183554610/Return+all+you+prodigal+sons+of+PNG<br><br>
</a>Robin Hide<br><br>
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At 09:10 AM 21/02/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080">I
feel this has always been part of my Tok Pisin repertoire. I must have
been introduced to it in Yangoru in the 1970s. Kamman as immigrant or
refugee seems to me a refusal of ownership on the part of the locals, or
a humble statement of gratitude for hospitality on the part of those who
come.<br>
<br>
Pat Gesch<br>
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Dr Fr Patrick F Gesch SVD<br>
Divine Word University<br>
P O Box 483<br>
Madang<br>
Papua New Guinea<br>
Tel: [675] 852 2937<br>
Fax: [675] 852 2812<br>
pgesch@dwu.ac.pg <br>
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<font face="tahoma" size=2><b>From:</b> mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au
[<a href="mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au" eudora="autourl">mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robin Hide<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 20 February 2008 9:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> mihalic@anu.edu.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mihalic] kam man, kam meri<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
A year ago, in the pre PNG election period, I noticed for the
first time the appearance in print of the term(s) <i>kam man, meri</i>for
migrants, in contrast to <i>asples man</i> etc.<br><br>
It appeared on at least 3 occasions (centred on Madang), e.g.<br><br>
Pamba, Kevin (2007). Candidates incite hatred, issue threats. <b><u>The
National</u></b>, Tuesday, 15 May 2007.
<a href="http://www.thenational.com.pg/051507/nation7.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.thenational.com.pg/051507/nation7.htm</a><br><br>
Pamba, Kevin (2007). Kam mannot in the way of asples man. <b><u>The
National</u></b>, The Notebook, Tuesday, 15 May 2007.
<a href="http://www.thenational.com.pg/051507/column3.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.thenational.com.pg/051507/column3.htm</a><br><br>
Tanirau, Madang (2007). Letter: Kam man, merimust respect Madang.
<b><u>Post-Courier</u></b>, Friday, 31 August 2007.
<a href="http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20070831/view03.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20070831/view03.htm</a><br>
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George Curry and Gina Koczberski (whose most interesting seminar on
Migration and Oil Palm yesterday at ANU sent me back to check newspaper
cuttings), say that they first heard the term used in Wosera in East
Sepik in 1988. <br><br>
Does anyone else have information on this term, its distribution
and usage?<br><br>
Robin Hide<br><br>
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