Tag: West Papua

Fast Drums, Slow Genocide: West Papuan group Sorong Samarai at WOMAD

Arena Quarterly no.10

Charlie Hill-Smith

Jun 2022

In Papua they say that ‘all men are birds’, meaning that everybody sings and is close to nature…

We Are Not Monkeys!, by Peter Arndt

Arena Magazine no. 162

Peter Arndt

Oct 2019

As Indonesian brutality intensifies, the Papuan struggle for independence reaches a crisis
"Recent films like Strange Birds in Paradise challenge Australia’s silence on West Papua

Oz-tak-lihat (Australia Doesn’t See)

Arena Magazine 112

Jun 2011

Recent films like Strange Birds in Paradise challenge Australia’s silence on West Papua
"Anyone who emerges as a leader of the West Papuan people is setting out on…

Papua’s Fallen Leaders

Arena Magazine 106

Jun 2010

Anyone who emerges as a leader of the West Papuan people is setting out on a dangerous path
"21st Century colonialism flourishes in West Papua writes Edmund McWilliam

Death in Freeport

Arena Magazine 101

Aug 2009

21st Century colonialism flourishes in West Papua writes Edmund McWilliam
"Chris Richards Is the war on terror in West Papua an expression of institutionalised racism?

Dying to Live

Arena Magazine 63

Feb 2003

Chris Richards Is the war on terror in West Papua an expression of institutionalised racism?
"Louise Byrne Australians need to reassess their understanding of West Papuans and their chosen path…

Sanap Wantaim: Melanesian West Papua

Arena Magazine 62

Dec 2002

Louise Byrne Australians need to reassess their understanding of West Papuans and their chosen path to freedom
"John Hinkson

Dislocations – Salman Rushdie and Fiji

Arena Magazine 48

Aug 2000

John Hinkson
"George Aditjondro Timor Loro Sa'e Under a New Wave of Economic Transformation

From Colony to Global Prize

Arena Magazine 47

Jun 2000

George Aditjondro Timor Loro Sa'e Under a New Wave of Economic Transformation