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Buru-Island

Society 1 year ago

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Indonesia set to celebrate Pramoedya's centennial

Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s books have influenced youths in their fight against injustice across generations, literary experts have said, stressing that the late author’s works are becoming increasingly relevant.

Academia 1 year ago

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The century of Pramoedya and the existentialism of humanity

Despite his many limitations, Pram consistently opposed tyranny through words.

Academia 2 years ago

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Celebrate communities that are protecting turtles

In four villages on Buru Island in Maluku, village regulations were enacted that now make it illegal to poach turtles and their eggs.

People 4 years ago

Oei Hiem Hwie: The guardian of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s banned literary tetralogy

Oei Hiem Hwie quietly smuggled the Buru Quartet, a series of novels banned under Soeharto’s rule, past the regime’s ideological enforcers.

National 5 years ago

Diro Sutomo: Accused PKI member who was 'banished' to Buru Island

Ex-political prisoner on Buru Island Diro Sutomo was too afraid to return home due to the stigma.

National 5 years ago

Maluku handline fishermen prove sustainable fishing can be profitable

Umar explained that fishing sustainably under the 2014 Fair Trade partnership allowed local fishermen to be more systematic in fishing, managing finances and ensuring the legality of their catches.

National 5 years ago

Buru Island fishermen given prestigious certificate for sustainable fishing

With the award, they become the first handline yellowfin tuna fishery in the world, and the second recipient in Indonesia, to be certified with the MSC standard.

Books 6 years ago

‘Buru Island: A Prison Memoir’ now available for English readers

Translated by Jennifer Lindsay, Buru Island: A Prison Memoir is the most recent and last book in the Herb Feith Translation series, a program than publishes high-quality non-fiction books not previously available in English, which enhance scholarship and teaching about Indonesia.