Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Jean- Marie Tjibaou, Kanak Witness to the World -- Introduction The Challenge of Writing about Jean- Marie Tjibaou -- 1 "The Big Black Hole" . . . and the Open Wounds of Ouvéa -- 2 The Roots of Identity Hienghène and Its lourd héritage -- 3 C'était la logique du système Negotiating the Catholic Church in New Caledonia -- 4 The Desire to Understand University Studies in Lyon and Paris -- 5 From Applied to Committed Anthropology Social and Cultural Action in Nouméa -- 6 Contrasting but Complementary Civilizations The Search for Mutual Understanding -- 7 New Caledonia or Kanaky The Inexorable Drift from Political Negotiation to Violent Confrontation -- 8 The One Remaining Hope Appealing to the French People -- 9 From Ouvéa to Matignon, and Back to Ouvéa -- 10 The Measure of the Man -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.