This video documents the freedom struggle in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea [1]. The leader of this courageous effort draws comparisons between their oppression and how Africa was carved up by Europe. His reference calls to mind an African American colleague of mine who was, for a time, the US representative for the "pan-African liberation of Papua New Guinea." The Bougainville Revolutionary Army eventually won independence for their people in the late 1990s. GI
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map source: Wikipedia
tags: black freedom movement, colonialism, papua new guinea, solomon islands
[1] Bougainville is sometimes known as North Solomon.
See also:
• Papua New Guinea Is Little Prepared for Gas Wealth - NYTimes.com
• Rush for resources - 101 East - Al Jazeera English
• Thoughts of a ghetto intellectual ™: West Papuan independence struggle
• Alleged torture video surfaces in Papua
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