Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga
| Napoleon A. Tuiteleleapaga (II) | |
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Napoleon A. Tuiteleleapaga
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Napoleon Ross May 25, 1904 American Samoa |
| Died | December 25, 1988 (aged 84) Leone, American Samoa |
| Resting place | Leone, American Samoa |
| Nationality | American Samoa |
| Education | LL. B. Bachelor of Laws |
| Alma mater | Loyola Law School |
| Occupation | Composer, Lawyer, American Samoan Government Liaison |
| Notable work | Amerika Samoa |
| Home town | Fagatogo, American Samoa |
| Title | Fofogaoali'i, Tuitelelapaga |
| Predecessor | Napoleone Tuiteleleapaga I |
| Successor | Fue Peseta Ioane |
| Spouse(s) | (1st Wife) Pousilaoleualesiameleke Pesa, (2nd Wife) Thelma King |
| Children | Oleaveolelaeosomaiilematasaua Napoleone Tuiteleleapaga, Fa'afua Napoleone, Saima'auga Napoleone, Iosefo Napoleone |
| Parent(s) | Teofilo Ta’afano Iuli and Lusia Tuiteleleapaga |
Napoleon A. Tuiteleleapaga (II) (May 25, 1904 – December 25, 1988) was a prominent figure of the both Western and American Samoan culture, a lawyer and musician.
Napoleon was born in 1904. He hails from the island of American Samoa. Like many Samoans at the time, Tuiteleleapaga grew up in poverity. He was a self-taught man as well as a self-taught musician. He loved to learn and stay relevant with societal changes. He attended the Marist Brothers School located in, Leone Village, Alataua County, Western District, Tutuila American Samoa. He graduated the 8th grade, the highest level of education at the time in American Samoa. After his commencement, Tuiteleleapaga went on to continue his independent studies. Tuiteleleapaga sought to quench his thirst for knowledge until his final days. Tuiteleleapaga was very keen with all types of music. He fancied brass instruments the most. He had the innate ability to figure out how and instrument worked. People close to Tuitelelepaga tell stories of how he would compose songs on restaurant napkins. Napoleon's interests didn't stop there, as he would go on to earn a LL. B. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California.
Tuiteleleapaga was then employed by the U.S. Navy. After some time serving with the U.S. Navy, he was both honored and privileged to receive clearance from the Navy Department in Washington to assist Lt. Cdr. Allan M. MacQuarrie, aide-de-camp to the last naval governor, Capt. Thomas F. Darden, to handle all the confidential and top-secret documents in closing the administration of the Navy and its transfer to the Department of the Interior.
Napoleon's private life was very colorful. He did not have the opportunity to attend high school for there were none during his time. Despite this handicap he taught himself on many subjects; some of those shorthand, music, writing, and some foreign languages. His Rosicrucian education and training had, according to him and some of the people who knew him well, helped him immensely in his ability to do things, but, in one respect, made it difficult for him to get along with many people, even his own brothers and relatives. Because of his firm belief that God is the first mover of everything, Napoleon attributed things he did to God and equally attributed and blamed everything on nature. He attributed one of his difficulties to his strict adherence to the "essence of time" and "fulfillment of promises." He felt that his fearlessness in telling the truth, though to his credit, left to misunderstandings and criticisms.
It is said that he scolded a director of the Department of the Interior because of his failure to accord honor and service deferential to the Samoan Chiefs, He chided one Governor for wearing a sports shirt to an official party, he dismissed a committee meeting after one minute past the appointed time as the members came in, and he even put his own brother-in-law in prison for killing a pig that didn't belong to him. Besides the American Samoa National anthem, he wrote many Samoan folk and love songs, one of the most popular was "Let Me Hear You Whisper."
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