K. Kuulei Kanahele

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My name is Kuulei Kanahele (Kuulei Music). I was born in Hilo, Hawaiʻi and raised in the ʻili ʻāina of Panaʻewa. I belong to Ronney Keawekane Jr., Malia Perreira, Fred and Gerrianne (Low) Perreira, and Billie Keawekane-Beere. I come from the Ua Kanilehua and the Makani ʻAʻala Honua – the waters of Lokowaka raised me, and I am sustained by my pilina to Kūkahauʻula, the summit of Mauna a Wākea.

I am passionate about mauli ola – the wellness of a person’s cultural identity. The spaces I hold and the “hats I wear” are articulations of the way I perpetuate mauli ola as a value system and way of life.