Biga Lebasi describes the racial discrimination in Port Moresby in the 1960s when he was restricted where he could sit on the bus and in theatres. He recalls an incident at the Ela Beach RSL club with work colleagues and being refused service. He recalls another incident when he was sent to photograph a society wedding in Lae but not allowed into the reception.
Biga Lebasi states that he welcomed the suggestion that Papua New Guinea become one nation separate from Australia. He recalls that blacks and whites lived together well on Kwato Island but that when he came to Port Moresby to attend Sogeri High School he encountered racism, describing an event when he was refused service at the Steamships supermarket. He states that he became bitter and thought independence might be an answer to this racism and he looked to the USA and South African experience.
