Bougainville: Emergence of a Nation
In 2019, the population of the former German colony of Bougainville voted for independence from Papua New Guinea with a majority of 98 percent.
Papua New Guinea
Airplane wreckage deep in the jungle
In the jungle of the Pacific island of Bougainville lies the wreckage of the plane of the Japanese General Yamamoto, who was responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor
Encounters in Papua New Guinea
The island nation of Papua New Guinea is considered the country with the greatest cultural diversity in the world. About Polynesian deep-sea sailors and traces of cannibalism
Indigenous People Day
There are about 5,000 different cultures that are threatened by the destruction of their habitat, climate change and the disregard for their rights
