Decolonizing Kanaky in Our Sea of Islands

As we write these lines, Kanaky still lives under a daily curfew as part of counterrevolutionary measures imposed on Kanak people following the May 13, 2024 uprising in the country. The powerful indigenous revolt and the murderous violence of the settler and colonial authorities’ reaction has brought a solidarity movement in Oceania, in particular among Melanesians. We asked Roselyne Makalu and Anaïs Duong-Pedica to reflect on this movement, its promises, and some of its blindspots.