The History of Colonisation

Ep 12: Enrique of Malacca in Postcolonial Literature


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Harun Aminurrashid's 1957 postcolonial novel Panglima Awang portrayed the first circumnavigation from Enrique of Malacca's perspective. Dr Pitchay Gani Aziz, educator/writer and winner of the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize for creative non-fiction in Malay, speaks about Harun's life, the significance of the novel and nationalist Malay literature in postcolonial Malaya. Check out notes on the interview at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com. Also subscribe to HERstory Southeast Asia at https://linktr.ee/herstoryseapod, and follow them on Twitter @herstoryseapod.

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The History of ColonisationBy Fidellithy Tan

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