CHILDREN OF DECOLONISATION
@article{Hewett2015CHILDRENOD, title={CHILDREN OF DECOLONISATION}, author={Rosalind Hewett}, journal={Indonesia and the Malay World}, year={2015}, volume={43}, pages={191 - 206} }
In many parts of Asia, the long history of Western colonialism created communities tracing their ancestry to both Asia and Europe, with a cultural heritage that drew from multiple traditions. This article looks at what happened to one such community, the Indo-Europeans (or Indos), after Indonesia's independence in 1949. The majority went to the Netherlands, while a smaller number stayed in Indonesia. The long process of decolonisation in both countries has led to diverging memories and…
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