This month, a different conversation took center stage in a world where conversations often revolve around lectures, research projects, and student assignments. It had nothing to do with grades or…
Wakulima katika sehemu kubwa ya Papua tayari wanafanya kazi kabla ya alfajiri. Mashamba ya mpunga katika maeneo mapya ya kilimo yaliyofunguliwa katika nyanda za chini za Papua Kusini. Katika mabonde…
Farmers across much of Papua are already at work before dawn. Rice fields in newly opened agricultural areas in the lowland of South Papua. In the fertile valleys of the…
Mazingira yalikuwa ya umeme hata kabla ya mchezo kuanza. Katika jiji la Jayapura, kuta zilipakwa rangi ya kuchorea ya Kombe la Dunia. Huko Nabire, mashabiki wa mpira wa miguu walikusanyika…
The atmosphere was electric even before the game started. In the city of Jayapura, walls were painted with World Cup murals. In Nabire football fans gathered on beaches with flags…
Katika tamaduni nyingi, karamu ni mlo unaofurahiwa na familia au marafiki. Lakini huko Papua, Pesta Babi inaweza kuwa zaidi ya hayo. Mila hiyo, inayojulikana kama Pesta Babi (karamu ya nguruwe),…
In many cultures, a feast is simply a meal enjoyed with family or friends. But in Papua a Pesta Babi can be a lot more than that. The tradition, locally…
Reli zimekuwa sifa inayojulikana katika maisha ya kila siku katika sehemu nyingi za Indonesia kwa miongo kadhaa. Treni husafirisha mamilioni ya abiria kupitia Java, husafirisha bidhaa kote Sumatra, na zinazidi…
Railways have been a familiar feature of everyday life in many parts of Indonesia for decades. Trains transport millions of passengers through Java, transport commodities across Sumatra, and increasingly underpin…
Ndani ya makontena ambayo yalikuwa yamesafiri maelfu ya kilomita kutoka mashariki mwa Indonesia, wanyama wengi adimu kutoka Papua walikuwa saa chache tu kabla ya kuingizwa kisiri katika biashara haramu ya…