Melanesia is a region in the pacific area with these Island countries:
- Fiji
- Papua New Guinea, parts of Indonesia
- New Caledonia, still colonised by France
- Vanuatu
- Solomon Islands
- Papua, West Papua, Maluku, and other areas still colonised by Indonesia
- Torres Strait islands, used to be part of Papua and still colonised by Queensland/Australia
- Indigenous Black people of Australia are closely related to Melanesians and usually classified as one by other Black people and themselves
Indigenous people of Melanesia are Black. Melas means Black while nesoi means island in Greek.
Papua New Gunea
Papua New Guinea is an Island in the Pacific area. After colonisation first by the Germans and British, their country was divided into two, both with Black people of African origin. The two are Papua which is currently colonised by Indonesia and Papua new Guinea which was colonised by Australia but now independent.
The name New Guinea came because the people resembled Guinea people of Africa.
Besides Papua New Guinea, there are also several other Islands in the Pacific Region with Black who migrated from Africa thousands of years ago. These countries are Australia (Aborigines Country), Fiji, Vanuatu, Maluku, Solomon Islands and Tonga.
