Sumba

Type: province/region
Country: Indonesia
Region: East Nusa Tenggara
Also written as: Sumba
Map: -9.700, 120.000

1966 – 2015

2 items

GA-02606 1966-08-03 rel C

Airgram A-65: Conditions and Attitudes in East Nusatenggara, 3 Agustus 1966

Airgram A-65: Conditions and Attitudes in East Nusatenggara, 3 Aug 1966

US Embassy airgram A-65, 3 Aug 1966, recording anthropologist James Fox's account of Army executions of communists on Roti, Sawu and Timor and his estimate of 800-1,000 killed in the region. Eastern Indonesia context; Gerwani not discussed in the excerpt.

GA-02903 2015 rel A

Forbidden Memories: Women's Experiences of 1965 in Eastern Indonesia (Kolimon, Wetangterah and Campbell-Nelson, 2015)

Forbidden Memories: Women's Experiences of 1965 in Eastern Indonesia (Kolimon et al., 2015)

English translation (Monash, 2015) of Memori-memori terlarang, research by women pastors and theologians of the JPIT network on women survivors, witnesses and perpetrators across East Nusa Tenggara (Sabu, Kupang, Timor, Alor, Sumba). Regional women's testimony on 1965.