My grandmother; Erna Weber was born to Muslim parents on May 1, 1910, in Banjuwangi; a port city located near the Bali Strait on Java; the fourth largest island of Indonesia, the heart of the nation, boasting a dazzling array of bewitching landscapes, magical archaeological sites, iridescent rice … [Read more...]
Memoar Pulau Buru I
August 4, 2018 by
Buru Island was the site of Indonesia’s most remote and infamous prison camp. In the wake of the 1965 repression of the political Left, between 1969 and 1979, approximately 12,000 men were held on Buru without formal charge or trial. During their detention prisoners suffered torture, forced … [Read more...]
My Night in the Planetarium
September 14, 2017 by
“When I was seven, I got to spend the night in a planetarium.” Indonesia, 1977. The true story of a child, a play, and the art of resistance. From the author and illustrator of A is for Activist and Counting on Community. This time, Innosanto Nagara tells a true story from his childhood in … [Read more...]
What I Wish I Had Known (& Other Lessons You Learned in Your 20s)
May 26, 2017 by
I’ve lived my whole life following people and taking their choices as mine. I will dream a new dream, a dream that’s totally my own, and I will work hard to get it. Ever since her acceptance letter to study abroad arrived at her inbox, nothing in Marcella Purnama’s life has gone according to … [Read more...]