Borneo's Voices & Stories
Calvin JemarangI write about Borneo’s tribal histories from the indigenous perspective — the stories, people, and events left out of colonial records and Malaysia’s official history.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 192 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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What Buju Did in the Dark on June 7, 1863
Look at the first photograph. One small boat, brown water, exposed boulders, white rapids, jungle pressing down from both banks. This is the Bakun rapid during the dry season, when the rocks lie exposed and a single longboat can navigate th...
The Shelter of the Larger Name
The absence as the argument The adat shelf at the Majlis Adat Istiadat Sarawak office, Kota Samarahan. Adet Kayan-Kenyah 1994. Adet Lun Bawang 2004. Adet Kelabit 2008. Adet Penan 2011. Each community named, bound, and recognized in its own...
How “Kajang” Became Law: From Leach’s Provisional Hypothesis to Chapter A198
Edmund Leach wrote a warning into his own report in 1950. Seventy-two years later, nobody revised it. They passed it into law.
Part three of four: The Kajang of Borneo
The Man Who Knew His River
Berasap Emang, born 1884, died 1967. Photographed at Pandan, circa 1900, age approximately sixteen. He met Rodney Needham at this same site in 1952 and told him, with geographical precision, who the Punan were and who they were not.
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"Kajang" Means Temporary Shelter
The Punan had a word for what was done to them. They had been living inside "Kajang" the temporary shelter for ninety-three years!
Part one of four: The Kajang of Borneo
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Writer from Sarawak, Malaysia—where the jungle is thick, the coffee is strong, and my daughter thinks sleep is optional.
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