Sherehe yenyewe haikuchukua muda mrefu sana. Maafisa walikusanyika. Maombi yalitolewa. Wachimbaji walisubiri kando ya ardhi wazi. Kisha uvumbuzi wa kwanza hatimaye ukatokea. Huko Supiori, eneo linalojulikana zaidi kwa jamii tulivu…
The ceremony itself did not last very long. Officials gathered. Prayers were delivered. Excavators waited beside open land. Then the first groundbreaking finally happened. In Supiori, a regency better known…
Katika masoko ya kitamaduni katika sehemu za Papua, watu mara chache hujadili sera ya kilimo. Wanajadili bei. Kiasi gani cha mchele hugharimu wiki hii. Pia wanajadili kama gharama za usafiri…
At traditional markets across parts of Papua, people rarely discuss agricultural policy. They discuss prices. How much rice costs this week. They also discuss whether transport expenses have increased again.…
Filamu yenyewe inadumu kwa muda mfupi tu. Hata hivyo, hoja zinazozunguka filamu hiyo zinaendelea kubadilika. Katika wiki za hivi karibuni, mijadala kuhusu Pesta Babi imebadilika kutoka kwenye maonyesho na machapisho…
The documentary itself runs for only a limited time. The arguments surrounding the documentary, however, continue to evolve. Over recent weeks, discussions about Pesta Babi have moved from screenings and…
Wakati picha za kitu chenye metali nyeusi zilipoanza kusambaa kupitia vikundi vya ujumbe huko Papua mapema wiki hii, maelezo yalifika polepole zaidi kuliko picha zenyewe. Ndani ya saa chache, watu…
When photographs of a dark metal object began circulating through messaging groups in Papua earlier this week, explanations arrived much slower than the images themselves. Within hours, people were already…
Mara tu baada ya alfajiri, boti za uvuvi zinaanza kuonekana kando ya maeneo kadhaa ya pwani huko Papua. Wafanyakazi huvuta makreti kuelekea gati ndogo. Vitalu vya barafu huvunjika vipande vipande.…
Just after dawn, fishing boats start appearing along several coastal areas in Papua. Workers pull crates towards small docks. Ice blocks are broken apart. Fish are sorted quickly because delays…