When Liverpool finally lifted the Premier League trophy in the summer of 2020, the world erupted in celebration. Banners flew, fireworks pierced the night, and voices hoarse from generations of songs carried into the humid sky. To many of the so-called Liverpudlians, it was a moment of unbridled joy, a sudden explosion after a long…
Category: Self Notes
From the Forest to the Frontline: Why Indonesia’s Indigenous Peoples Must Lead
The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) was founded in Jakarta, 17th March 1999. The date also marked the first Indigenous Peoples Awakening Day which now being commemorated annually. My tribe is member of this organisation. I have walked the dirt paths of many Indigenous villages in Indonesia. I have sat cross-legged inside the…
Understanding Our Cosmology: A Reflection from an Indigenous
DISCLAIMER: This short note is pratically my long version of the comments I left in this video, which were discussing about “Sasi” or known as “Eha”. Why now? Because today I have the time. Back then, I had no intention to respond to brainless mob of non Indigenous on the topic, nor the willingness to…