Governing New Guinea : an oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990 /

This is the first time that Indigenous Papuan administrators share with an international public their experiences governing their country. These administrators were the brokers of development. After graduating from the School for Indigenous Administrators (OSIBA) they served in the Dutch administrat...

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Corporate Author: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands) (Author)
Other authors / contributors: Visser, Leontine E. (Editor)
Imprint: Leiden, The Netherlands : KITLV Press, 2012.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Series:Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Table of Contents:
  • The everyday life of Papuan civil servants 1950-1990 / Leontine Visser
  • Do not insult Papuans in front of me / Trajanus S. Boekorsjom
  • Accused of being a separatist / Dolf Faidiban
  • They falsified my name / Arnold Mampioper
  • The three-month war in Panai / Gerrit Jan Iauri
  • Two keys to attracting the Baliem people / Dorus Rumbiak
  • Meeting the tree people / Alex Wamafma
  • Koteka are better than pants / Joel Boray
  • Surprised to see beggars / Luther Saroy
  • Clearing an airfield with wooden logs / Florenz Imbiri
  • Corpse eating and an illicit cult / Lambert Marani
  • I was appointed governor / Barnabas Suebu
  • Between Isaac Hindom and Acub Zainal / Ismael Bauw
  • The role of teachers in governing communities / Alex Sawaki and Marthin Senandi
  • We were not given access to proper education / Marthin Senandi
  • Twins must be killed / Dirk Bernardus Urus
  • Feeling guilty about helping Freeport / Amos Yap
  • Tears on the plane / Amapos Jos Marey.