The Living Symbol of Song in West Papua: A Soul Force to be Reckoned With

By Julian Smythe Excerpted from Flowers in the Wall – click to download full chapter as a free pdf “I am Papua (aku Papua),” three-year-old Dietrich Malenua sings on his grandmother’s porch in Papua, Indonesia. He is singing the hit song of Papuan musician Edo Kondologit, “Aku Papua,” and in his song, he carries a… More The Living Symbol of Song in West Papua: A Soul Force to be Reckoned With