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25.01.2022 Today we remember legendary West Papuan folk singer Arnold Ap. He was executed by the Indonesian military for singing songs of freedom on April 26th. 1984. Arno...ld was the singer in the group Mambesak. Bass player Eddie Mofu was also excecuted. Arnold Ap was a West Papuan cultural leader, anthropologist and musician. Arnold was the leader of the group Mambesak, and Curator of the Cenderawasih University Museum. He also broadcast Papuan culture on his weekly radio show. As a student, he organized a demonstration against the so-called Act of Free Choice of 1969. He was sent to prison at Ifar Gunung. After his release, he began collecting traditional Papuan songs. After graduating, he became Curator at the University Museum. He had a popular radio program, Pelangi Budaya Irian Jaya (The Rainbow of Irian Jaya Culture), with Papuan songs, stories, poems and interviews. His prominent study and performance of Papuan culture and music was seen by many as a challenge to the efforts of the Indonesian government against Papuan nationalism and identity. At the time of Ap's death, strong attempts were being made to unify Indonesian peoples under a more Javanese culture. In November 1983, he was arrested by the Indonesian military special forces Kopassus and imprisoned and tortured for suspected sympathies with the Free Papua Movement, although no charges were laid. In April 1984, he was killed by a gunshot to his back. Indonesian military accounts claim he was trying to escape. Many supporters believe Ap was executed by Kopassus. Another musician, Eddie Mofu, was also killed. Music is still a potent source of cultural resistance in West Papua. Arnold Ap and Mambesak are still popular in West Papua, and their works are seen as symbols of West Papuan identity. We fight on in your name. We will be free people. #FreeWestPapua
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17.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQCEzhTkVRI in the beginning,,,,,,,,
11.01.2022 Here are some more old tracks from my back pages https://ripvanhippy.bandcamp.com//the-politics-of-hip-more
04.01.2022 Suomi lab made this mad video for me
02.01.2022 https://slinky.to/FaceTheStrange
