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'Samoa mo Samoa' -- subject(s): History, Politics and government

'The study of Pacific history' -- subject(s): Historiography, History

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American Samoa and Western Samoa (now known as Samoa).

it is called western Samoa because Samoa is divided into two parts, American Samoa and western Samoa.

After colonialism came to Samoa, America took control of Eastern Samoa which adapted the name "American Samoa". While Germany (and later NZ) took control of Western Samoa, who then took on the name "Western Samoa". No called SAMOA. The nation dropped the "western" in 1997.

They are the same in that Samoans in American Samoa and Samoa (once Western Samoa) have the same heritage. However, American Samoa is a US territory while Samoa is an independent nation. So they are in effect two different countries.