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Leven langs de Yangtze. Boekrecensie
Leven langs de Yangtze voor en na de Drieklovendam Door Peter van Riel De boekpresentaie vond plaats op een treffende locatie: in Nijmegen pal aan de drukste rivier van...
Affandi. A memoir of life
by Suhardjono as told to Jeremy Allan “Truth is often disputed but never defeated.” Suhardjono, or Djon, Affandi’s assistant, who was present at the...
Sukarno’s dedication to the arts
Sukarno’s dedication to the arts and obsession with creating a nationalist ideal live on in luxury hotels he built in the 1960s Mark Woodward Originally known as...
TakeRoot 2024
TakeRoot Americana Festival, Groningen Netherlands, November 2, 2024 Many memorable performances Text: Gerard Nass and Peter van Riel Photography: Niels Knelis Was this...
Images of Pacific Coast US (1)
by Peter van Riel We’ve seen both sides of the Pacific Ocean now. Earlier we visited the island of Taiwan from where we saw the impressive ocean in all its glory....
Podcast: Indo-American life (1)
Jane Vogel was born on July 18, 1953 in Jakarta. Her parents were of Indo-European origin. After World War Two the family wanted to go to America. But the US ban on...
An American Sindhen in Solo
by Jessica Zike An American singing student navigates aesthetic culture clash in Central Java—and narrowly avoids being fitted with a large black hairpiece. I am about...
Baby orangutan crammed into a sack and tied to a motorcycle
Following confiscation by the Indonesian Wildlife Authority BKSDA, the team at FOUR PAWS ORANGUTAN FOREST SCHOOL in Borneo has taken another defenseless orangutan baby...
Wegen met Zegen: book review in Dutch
Bjorn van Snippenburg, Liesbeth Meuldijk. Marga Zwiggelaar Wegen met Zegen. Wandelen door de Over-Betuwe Uitgeverij Elmar, ISBN 978 90 389 2825 8. Euro 20,- Bestel hier...
Famous Dutch Indonesian Restaurant Garoeda closes: auction
Het beroemde Indische restaurant Garoeda in Den Haag veilt kunst en (horeca) inventaris. Kunstcollectie en inventaris van restaurant Garoeda in online veiling. De...
