Qualla: David Malo https://qualla.com/david-malo en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: David Malo https://qualla.com/david-malo David Malo: Introduction https://qualla.com/david-malo/ When Queen Kaʻahumanu died in June 1832, a man named Malo sat down and composed a grief chant in her honor — He Kanikau o Kaʻahumanu. It was the act of someone who understood that the old ways of carrying knowledge, through chant and oral tradition, were disappearing. Born around 1793 in Keauhou on the Island of Hawaiʻi, Malo had grown up during the upheaval of Kamehameha I's unification of the islands. He would spend his life bridging two worlds: the ancient Hawaiian culture he knew from childhood and the literate Western world that arrived with the missionaries. The result was Ka Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi, the first comprehensive history of Hawaiʻi written by a Native Hawaiian.

Read more: David Malo on Qualla

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/e/8/w/david-malo-wp/8e8w-david-malo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full David Malo: Between Two Worlds https://qualla.com/david-malo/ Malo served as oral historian and court genealogist to the chief Kuakini, Queen Kaʻahumanu's brother, during the turbulent years when the old kapu system was abolished and Christianity reshaped Hawaiian society. In 1823, he moved to Lahaina on Maui and became a student of Reveren...

Read more: David Malo on Qualla

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/e/8/w/david-malo-wp/8e8w-david-malo-between-two-worlds.mp3 0:06 2 full David Malo: Writing the Past Before It Vanished https://qualla.com/david-malo/ Beginning around 1835, Malo started recording notes on Hawaiian religion and cultural history alongside fellow students and instructor Sheldon Dibble at Lahainaluna. The class conducted systematic research into Hawaiian traditions, interviewing elders and compiling accounts that ...

Read more: David Malo on Qualla

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/e/8/w/david-malo-wp/8e8w-david-malo-writing-the-past-before-it-vanished.mp3 0:06 3 full David Malo: Statesman and Minister https://qualla.com/david-malo/ Malo's contributions extended well beyond scholarship. In 1841, he was elected as representative from Maui to the first House of Representatives of the Hawaiian Kingdom, making him one of the earliest Native Hawaiian legislators. He worked alongside Reverend Richards to translate...

Read more: David Malo on Qualla

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/e/8/w/david-malo-wp/8e8w-david-malo-statesman-and-minister.mp3 0:06 4 full David Malo: The Grave Above the School https://qualla.com/david-malo/ Malo was buried above Lahainaluna School, on the hillside overlooking the institution where he had first learned to write. The school named its boys' dormitory after him and holds an annual celebration of his life each April. His legacy is the paradox of a man who embraced the ne...

Read more: David Malo on Qualla

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/8/e/8/w/david-malo-wp/8e8w-david-malo-the-grave-above-the-school.mp3 0:06 5 full