Mele on the Mauna: Perpetuating Genealogies of Hawaiian Musical Activism on Maunakea - Paperbackby Joseph Keola Donaghy (Author) In the summer of 2019, a group of kia'i, or protectors, made up of knaka 'iwi (Native Hawaiians) and their allies came together to prevent the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the dormant volcano Maunakea. In Mele on the Mauna, Joseph Keola Donaghy explores how music, and especially haku mele, or Hawaiian language composers, played a crucial role in this defense. Musicians flocked to the mauna