Democracy & Fire

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December 21st 2003
PNG News #7 - Democracy As you read my news, especially this email, dear reader, please remember that the name Papua New Guinea and the unification of the nation is a colonial construct. I can’t get PNG’S interpretation of democracy out of my head. Some contradictions are revealed in a recent documentary about the 2002 elections in Enga a remote province in the highlands. The vide ... read more

Oceania » Papua New Guinea

The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I ... ... read more

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Trisha

Global Adventuress

An older adventuress, bowing down to the Goddess of Travel, I offer you through photographs and words what is like the world in Papua New Guinea but not the world. I invite you to explore encounters in Papua New Guinea. Plants grow, insects thrive, fish swim and people multiply. This world is flat, framed and high contrast. Like the patterns of the billums, colours fight each other for attention making it impossible to identify features in the glaring sun. Eighteen months amongst brown eyes has left me unsteady, with limited depth of field, and many images slightly out of focus showing you... full info

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