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Greetings,
I’m a sophomore college student enrolled in a Poltical Science Research class at Howard University in the United States and I am conducting research on the Cook Islands. Could you give me an estimate of when the first Africans arrived in the Cook Islands, what country they were from in Africa and where they migrated to specifically in the Cook Islands? Any and all information on the subject would be greatly appreciated. If the resocurces for the answers are limited, reasonable estimates would be fine.
Thank you so much for your cooperation,
Hi-
I do not believe Africans settled in the Cook Islands. Perhaps, you’re getting your countries mixed up. Nevertheless, the Cook Islands were settled by Polynesians, most likely, from Tahiti. A good place to start for basic information regarding the Cook Islands is the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands
Good luck!