ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Grace Mera Molisa views on feminism and colonialism as expressed in her essays and volumes of poetry. It situates these in the broader context of the views of black feminists in America and Britain, and of other Pacific and Aboriginal spokeswomen. The politics of difference mean recognising ethnic and class differences between women as a starting point for feminism, rather than as an embarrassing afterthought. The chapter argues that feminism in our experience is a much more expansive and differentiated movement than the portrait of women's liberation proffered by Molisa. The politics of colonialism and decolonisation impede easy alliances with Aboriginal and Pacific island women. In Black Stone, the nation of Vanuatu is evoked in images associating people, place and the geological forces of volcanic eruption and solidified lava. It considers themes in terms of the particular colonial history of Vanuatu. Most Australians know little about Vanuatu except as a tourist destination.
