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Land Echoes
Transitions and Transformations: Literature, Politics, and Culture
Two Brothers and a Wild Dog (Window on Books)
Langston Winduo (author); Peter Ella (illustrator)
Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press, 2016
Two Sisters and Nokondi's Head (Window on Books)
Cheryl Winduo (author); Tommy Ella (illustrator)
Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press, 2016
Jupi and the Magic Feather (Window on Books)
Muruk na Pato
Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press/Manui Publishers (2016)
ISBN 10: 9980891823 ISBN 13: 9789980891822
The inspiration for this book could have been my stories about the prison writings of Papua New Guinea's John Kasaipwalova, Kenya's Ngugi wa Thiong'o, or the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks that got the Buimo prisoners and warders to write their stories during a writers' workshop between October 26th and November 6th, 2009. Doris Omaken and Jill Pijui of the PNG Bible Society coordinated the writers' workshop. University of PNG colleague Sakarepe Kamene and I facilitated the workshop as part of our community outreach obligation. Paul Kaiu gave his support in a significant way to the workshop. We approached the workshop with two considerations: First, we believed, that everyone had the skills and interesting experiences to tell stories. The Buimo Prison writers' workshop began with storytelling. We guided the participants to write these stories down on paper. Second, we decided against using papers, fixed structures, and programs. Our view was that using the techniques used in formal university classrooms was intimidating to learners at the village level or in prisons. Our approach was simple, flexible, and allowed a lot of verbal interactions. The prisoners have a lot of time for devotion and reflection on life. Introducing them to writing techniques and having them write down their experiences can serve as a therapeutic exercise and as a process of self-expression. The writings produced in the workshop had one strong impression. The prisoners are now equipped with the knowledge and techniques of writing their life stories in short prose or if need be, as a book. Some of the participants indicated that the workshop has given them a new ray of hope in life's difficult journeys. Sharing their personal experiences with us through writing gave us a glimpse into their lives outside and inside of the prison walls. As it turned out three inmates were friends I have known before, but had no idea they were in prison for being on the wrong side of the law. Nonetheless, I was happy to share the moments with them as a friend visiting them in prison.
Title: A Turning Point: Buimo Prison Writers
Publisher: University of Papua New Guinea Press
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition:New
Book Type: book
Land Echoes
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Paperback / softback, 298 pages
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Other Information:
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black & white illustrations
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Published In:
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United States, 09 February 2014
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Adventurous Yarawali Haiwanga
escaped a society of sorcerers to the unknown land beyond as a young man. He
became a shepherd boy at the Catholic mission station in Madang. Yarawali
accompanied the first missionaries into the Highlands of Papua New Guinea,
which was discovered three years earlier. After serving three years with the
mission he was discharged to make a life for himself in the circular world.
He turned to Asapang, his girlfriend from the village next to the mission
headquarters. Their friendship led to the birth of Mauri and the suicide of
Asapang's father. Tension and unease entered their lives, forcing Yarawali to
leave again to join the native police force. In the Great Hagen-Sepik Patrol
led by Australians, Jim Taylor and John Black, he served as a policeman
before World War II arrived in Papua New Guinea. The lives of the main
characters are twirled up in the currents of history. Modern history and
fiction are weaved together based on the memory of the author's grandfather's
life. It is a story of adventure, love, courage, bravery, boldness, and
anxieties of the time. The story is also about the modern changes in the land
of a thousand tribes. The novel is a passionate expression of the people of
Papua New Guinea.
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ISBN:
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9980992069
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EAN:
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9789980992062
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22.0 x 15.0 x 1.0 centimetres
(0.40 kg)
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Transitions and Transformations: Literature, Politics, and Culture
Transitions and Transformations encapsulates emerging issues on
literature, culture, and politics in Papua New Guinea. The essays capture my
reflections on the literature and culture of Papua New Guinea. Literature is a
window into a society. Through novels, poetry, plays, and short stories writers
present an imagined community to readers. The discussions here are by no means
the only way of reading Papua New Guinea literature. I do make one statement at
the outset, though: this book is a reflection of the transitions and
transformations I made in my life as a writer-scholar in Papua New Guinea. In
the process I met many friends, students, readers, and mentors, whose creative
and intellectual influences rubbed off on me as well. It is a process that
helped me understand literature and the kinds of scholarship on
cultural-knowledge productions that I deal with in Papua New Guinea.
Transitions and Transformations maps the study of Papua New Guinean writers and
their writings. It is also a book demonstrating the development of personal
scholarship in the field of literary and cultural studies in Papua New Guinea.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published January 1st 2013 by Masalai Press
ISBN
9980992026 (ISBN13: 9789980992024)
Detwan How? (2012) a new collection of poetry in Tokpisin with English translations.
Published by UPNG Press and Manui Publishers
The Unpainted Mask: a collection of short stories (2010) Steven Edmund Winduo
The Unpainted Mask: a collection of short stories (2010) Steven Edmund Winduo
Published by UPNG Press and Manui Publishers
A Rower's Song (2009) by Steven Edmund Winduo. Third collection of poetry.
Published by Manui Publishers. 2009.
Reframing Indigenous Knowledge: Cultural Knowledge and Practice in
Papua New Guinea (2009) A collection of papers
presented during a conference organized by
the Melanesian and Pacific Studies (MAPS) at UPNG in 2004.
The book is edited by Steven Winduo and
published by the Melanesian and Pacific Studies,
University of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, 2009.
Other Books by Steven Winduo
Hembemba: Rivers of the Forest.
Institute of Pacific Studies, Fiji.
University of South Pacific.
2000.
Lomo'ha I am in Spirit's Voice I Call.
Suva: South Pacific Creative Arts Society and
Institute of Pacific Studies, University of South Pacific.
1991.
Distributors
Steven Winduo
Manui Publishers
P. O. Box 47
University Post Office
National Capital District
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Phone: 675-718 18575
email: sewinduo@gmail.com
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University of Papua New Guinea
P. O. Box 341
University Post Office
National Capital Dictrict
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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Steven Winduo
Manui Publishers
P. O. Box 47
University Post Office
National Capital District
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Phone: 675-718 18575
email: sewinduo@gmail.com
University Press and Bookshop
University of Papua New Guinea
P. O. Box 341
University Post Office
National Capital Dictrict
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
email: upngbooks@gmail.com
Web: www.pngbuai.com.buybooks.
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