What used to be a quiet, out of the way township of Wewak, suddenly comes alive, bustling with myriad of activities. It’s cluttered with people and wrapped in some kind of cheap Asian fabric to give it an Asiatic aura. With the opening of the new town market built by the Japanese government Wewak seems to attract two kinds of entrepreneurs. There are those who sell organic garden produce such as vegetables, edible greens, fresh and smoked fish, and fruits. It is the largest modern market in the country. The second group is made up of those who sell betel nuts and cheap Asian products outside the market fence. This group has its umbrellas up to provide shade for the traders. This group considers itself as the informal sector entrepreneurs of Wewak. The informal sector entrepreneurs now have their stalls with umbrella shades ring the small town of Wewak from the post office to the market and again on the eastern beach front to the post office, up the road to
Chronicles the stories of education, books, writing, and reading in the life of Steven Edmund Winduo, PNG writer extraordinaire, literacy advocate, social literary activist, literary scholar, & teacher. Fern Ridge is a translation of Safla Rama, where home is for SEW.