
by Isna Marifa
Format: Kindle, English
215 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: /B0BF4VF3XX
Published Oct 28, 2022 by Kabar Media
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Format: Kindle, English
215 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: /B0BF4VF3XX
Published Oct 28, 2022 by Kabar Media
View on Goodreads | Google Books
Buy Now from Amazon *
It is 1751, and nine-year-old Wulan finds herself half a world away from her home in Java: torn from her adored grandparents, her chattering cousins, the sounds and smells of the landscape that she loves
She and her father, Parto, are enslaved on a Cape Colony farmstead, with little hope of returning home. In this new world they hold fast to their Javanese identity and beliefs while, through their shared suffering, they forge bonds with the multicultural community whose descendants would come to be known as the Cape Malays.1
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Interview Yohana Belinda in ‘Mountains More Ancient’ sheds light on Indonesian slavery in South Africa (Jakarta Post, Feb 23, 2023)
Isna Marifa's novel "Mountains More Ancient" relates the history of Southeast Asians enslaved in Africa, treading a path of graceful reconciliation with history's complexities.
— Shane Bunnag in Author highlights Asian slavery at Cape of Good Hope (Nikkei Asia, Jan 18, 2023)
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