Background
Mel was born in 1959 in Wila near Vulcano Hagan in the Western Highlands.
Mel was born in 1959 in Wila near Vulcano Hagan in the Western Highlands.
As an artist Mel principally specialized in performance and installation art and body painting. Furthermore, he is known for his Chanted Tales, traditional historic stories of local people that serve for passing social responsibility and morality. Mel exerted himself to it that people obtained access to them again, since they had fallen into oblivion since English language had become the principal language in the country.