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Solomon Islands

Region:Oceania
Capital:
Population:523,617
Area (sq km):27,556
FIPS Country Code:BP
ISO Country Code:SB
GRN Office:Language Recordings Inc (Solomon Islands)

About the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands is a small country, consisting of 7 major volcanic islands plus numerous smaller coral atolls.

The capital is Honiara on Guadalcanal Island.

The population as at 2000 was made up of Melanesians 90.7%; Polynesians 3.7%; Other 5.6%.

Literacy is 54%, the lowest literacy rate in the Pacific.

The official language English. Trade language, Solomons Pijin, spoken by half the population.

There are a total of 66 languages, but up to 120 if distinct dialects are included.

Two languages have full Bibles, and 10 have New Testaments.

There is freedom of religion with a strong Christian emphasis. Cargo Cults = 1.92% of population; Traditional ethnic = 1.50%; Baha'i = 0.40%

The land has been so exposed to the gospel that only pockets of animists on Guadalcanal and Malaita resist it. Yet the continued influence of syncretistic or almost pagan 'cargo cults', which have prompted an exodus from churches in the past, shows the need for a personal appropriation of the gospel by each generation.

Information from Operation World

Map of Solomon Islands

Map of Solomon Islands

Languages and dialects spoken in Solomon Islands

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News about Solomon Islands

Jesus speaks Roviana!: The cult leader readily accepted our request to present our program the next night. We felt that God was miraculously opening the way for us.

Light in the Darkness: GRN's Kim Knight and Jones Sanga set out to visit the Weather Coast. Their aim was to record several languages in the area surrounding Avuavu.

Solomon Islands Cult: The Moro Movement: As related to Kim Knight by Pastor Raphael, son of Patrick Bubuli.

Solomon Islands Snapshots [VIDEO]: Scenes from a recording trip by Kim Knight, recordist with Global Recordings Network Australia, in the Solomon Islands.

Recording and Riots in Paradise: As always, the Solomon Islands showed itself to be a land of extremes and a land of surprises. The one sure thing was the faithfulness of the Lord in protecting and enabling us in our latest recording ministry.

Let's go Wokabaut!: Find out what the Wokabaut teams got up to in PNG and the Solomons recently. Anyone for soccer?

Recording Snapshots 2: Kim Knight tells more stories of his recording trip to the Solomon Islands in April 2004

Recording Snapshots: Kim Knight tells stories of his recording trip to the Solomon Islands in April 2004

Preparing for Wokabaut: Once you have applied and been accepted to go on Wokabaut, you will need to get yourself prepared

Tok abaut Wokabaut: What participants in the Wokabaut program have to say about the experience and what it has taught them