Nā Wāhine Koa: Hawaiian Women for Sovereignty and Demilitarization
Authors: Moanike’ala Akaka, Maxine Kahaulelio, Terrilee Keko’olani-Raymond, Loretta Ritte
Nā Wāhine Koa: Hawaiian Women for Sovereignty and Demilitarization documents the political lives of four wāhine koa (courageous women): Moanike‘ala Akaka, Maxine Kahaulelio, Terrilee Keko‘olani-Raymond, and Loretta Ritte, who are leaders in Hawaiian movements of aloha ‘āina. They narrate the ways they came into activism and talk about what enabled them to sustain their involvement for more than four decades.