Tamafaiga

Tamafaiga or Tamafainga (died 1829)[1] was a Samoan king.

Tamafaiga was a war-priest from Manono Island who usurped the throne after the death of Safeofafine.

[1] The missionary John Williams reported that "he was the man in whom the spirit of the gods dwelt... the terror of all the inhabitants".

[3] He was killed by the people of the village of Fasito'o Uta after attempting to claim a daughter of their high chief as his hundredth wife.

[4] Following his death Malietoa decimated Aʻana as punishment, and eventually claimed the kingship.