Papuan Ancestors Quotes by Yamin Kogoya

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“Papuan ancestors never stood before the world begging for the right to exist. They carved their existence into the mountains, forests, clans, rivers, memories and bloodlines. Survival was never charity. It was architecture.”

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“Papuan ancestors never begged for survival. They engineered it. They did not ask the world for permission to exist; they organised their lives in such a way that they could not be eradicated. While empires were still learning the language…

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