Neles Tandamat: Reconstructing West Papuan Hybrid Identity In The Pacific and The World

West Papuans are Melanesian people of the south-west Pacific that shares cultural, racial and historical affinity with the other Melanesian people of the south-west Pacific Ocean and the wider black community. They identify themselves as West Papuans of the south-west Pacific generally as Pacific Islanders from the Melanesian sub-region.