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MICHAEL DOM – Ples Singsing Masterminds On Monday 7th December Engan author Daniel Kumbon launched Victory Song of Pingeta’s Daughter, a 400-page book which attempts to trace the history of the Wabag district and Enga Province in general. Keith Jackson AM on the PNG Attitude Blog also tweeted that “PNG history has most often beenContinue reading “Ples Singsing i tok PNG Authors for PNG Readers”

BY MICHAEL DOM She is the liquid night The fluid obsidian chalice She engulfs me   Her breath is frangipani It is the air I breathe She permeates me   In her starlit vision In her saltiness She inspires me   She is in lahara The gifts she bares She subdues me   Her laughterContinue reading “She is the liquid night”

Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude, 22 June 2014 ARNOLD MUNDUA An entry in The Crocodile PrizeCleland Family Award for Heritage Writing Gag-gauamo, or baby cleansing, in Kuman dialect, was one of many obligatory rituals performed on new born babies in the Upper Simbu and other parts of Simbu Province in pre-modern times. Gag-gauamo wasContinue reading “Gag-gauamo: The baby cleansing ritual of the Upper Simbu”

Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude, 21 July 2014 CAROLINE EVARI Woven tales and stories of our ancestorsFearless struggles of warriors long before our timeBoundaries of our land and the law of our inheritanceThe many secrets twisted inside The beliefs of our tribeAnd the legends of the dark forestsA unique way but again for protectionTwistedContinue reading “Tapa”

Keith Jacksn & Friends: PNG Attitude, 12 December 2011 BY BEAUTY RUPA LOI The Totoga Wai is the story of my great-grandfathers and their forefathers and the great gigantic alligator and the formation of the precious salt water river at Babaka village, the place I call my home. Totoga is the name and Wai isContinue reading “The story of Totoga Wai from Babaka village”

Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude, 12 December 2011 BY JEFFREY MANE FEBI Our political leaders fight for power while the little people continue to suffer. Our suffering seems endless but certainly our dreams have not expired and will give us the strength to walk on. How we get to where we want to goContinue reading “Dreams of a place”

Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude,  31 December 2011 SELECTED BY PHIL FITZPATRICK This is an extract from a new book by JOHN KADIBA, Night Dreams of Passing Memories.  In view of Martyn Namarong’s recent article criticising elites and education in PNG, it casts an interesting light over how things used to be and howContinue reading “Elites & education: John Kadiba on Ulli Beier”

Tok Pisin translation by Michael Dom Nogat toktok, peren, bai kirapim ol lain indai Nogat tingting yumi autim na wara lusim ai Bai kisim bek ken husat i lus na tekewe pen Yumi sindaun mauspas tasol na putim iau long ren Toktok bilong mi sotwin, peren, pen emi wankain Wanem stori inogat nek bai miContinue reading “Dispela tok-singsing emi bilong Dollorose Fong Roka”

BY MARTYN NAMORONG Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude, 29 September 2011 I’VE BEEN giving the Capitalists a hard time recently and perhaps rightfully so. And yes, around the world Capitalism seems to be having a hard time that’s unless you are a banker receiving government bailouts. These are indeed tough times. The Western conceptContinue reading “Lost in the non-linearity of PNG time”