Tag: Colonialism, East Timor, Ed Caffin, history, politics, Timor Leste
Timor Leste: a Country Colonized and Neglected
By: Ed Caffin This year, South East Asia’s youngest state celebrated its tenth anniversary. The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste was colonized for centuries,...
A Short Guide to (New) Indonesian Cinema
By: Reza Daffi Indonesian cinema seems to mirror developments in Indonesian society. During colonial times most movies had Dutch involvement on one level or the other....
Photography in Indonesia – Modern Times
By: Dalih Sembiring This is the second installment of our photography in Indonesia series. In this series, we look at photography in Indonesia, a phenomenon that has...
Malaysia Independence Day: Hari Merdeka
The independence of the Federation of Malaya from British colonial rule in 1957 is celebrated on 31 August. The first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman,...
Singapore Independence Day: Hari Kebangsaan
9 August 1965 the Republic of Singapore was born. Until that time Singapore had been a part of a succesion of local empires. It started out as a trading post of the East...
Photography in Indonesia – History in the Making
By: Dalih Sembiring Photography is as capricious as life itself. From the mere concept of a pinhole camera to the invention of the Daguerreotype; from black-and-white...
Indo’s and Moluccans in the Netherlands
The Dutch population counts approximately 16,5 million people. Roughly 1 million are from Indonesian descent. Most of them Indo-Europeans and Moluccans who have lived...
Spirits of the Bokor mountain, Cambodia’s Mountaintop Casino
By: Willy van Rooijen At the beginning of the last century, the French built a hotel and casino on top of the Bokor Mountain in the south of Cambodia. Today, the...
Multatuli’s Max Havelaar: Who is more Corrupt?
By: Ari Purnama Revisiting Multatuli’s Max Havelaar through its Cinematic Adaptation: A Review of Max Havelaar (Film) Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der...
Neo-colonialism: The long arm of imperialism
By: Ed Caffin The end of World War II sparked a process of decolonisation throughout the World. The days of imperialism would soon be over. More than half a century...
