My Cousin Is a Chief in Samoa: An amazing family story by Danish TV journalist Johannes Langkilde

My Cousin Is a Chief in Samoa: An amazing family story by Danish TV journalist Johannes Langkilde. Langkilde with his cousin who is dressed as a Samoan princess, cover of My Cousin Is a Chief in Samoa: The unlikely adventures of a Dane in Polynesia, and a portrait of Langkilde. Photos by Johannes Langkilde and Wendila
My Cousin Is a Chief in Samoa: The unlikely adventures of a Dane in Polynesia (centre) by Johannes Langkilde (right) and with his cousin (left) who dressed up as a Samoan princess during a family gathering and cultural performance in Langkilde’s family honour. 

Case study: News anchor’s chance meeting unites him with enriching American Samoan relatives

My Cousin Is a Chief in Samoa: The unlikely adventures of a Dane in Polynesia by Johannes Langkilde, with Cathrine Errboe, is a family story born from a chance meeting.

The life-story book tells how well-known journalist Langkilde grew up in cold, windswept Denmark hearing stories of faraway relatives on the tropical islands of Samoa – one of them a real live chief! 

However in 2016 he suddenly found himself face to face with Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde of American Samoa while covering a political convention in the United States of America.

So keep reading to find out how a spark ignited between the two distant cousins, how the Wendila publication began plus tips for your own creating

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