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Ākea Kahikina is a new translator for Civil Beat. He is a graduate student at the University of �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ�� at Mānoa, studying Hawaiian language and theatre. He is also an alumnus of the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama and the University of Miami with a BFA in musical theatre.

Outside of translating, Ākea is an aspiring theatre-maker, a video game nerd, an instructor for Ua Ao �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ��, a free online Hawaiian language class sponsored by UH, and a co-host of the upcoming podcast “Kūkā a Kīkī,” a platform to celebrate and elevate Queer Kānaka voices of the “māhūi.”

He mea unuhi hou ʻo Ākea no Civil Beat. He haumāna laeoʻo ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui ʻo �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ�� ma Mānoa e noiʻi ana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka hana keaka �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ��. Ua puka ʻo ia mai ke kula ʻo Kamehameha Kapālama a me ka University of Miami me ke kēkelē laepua no ka hana keaka mele.

Ma waho o ka hana unuhi, ʻo Ākea, he haku hana keaka ʻo ia, hemakeʻe pāʻani wikiō, he kumu no Ua Ao �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ��, ʻo ia hoʻi ka papa ʻōlelo manuahi i mālama ʻia e ke Kulanui, a me he mea kūkā ʻo ia ma “Kūkā a Kīkī,” he pukana oki leo e hoʻohanohano ʻia ai ka leo māhū o ka “māhūi.”