Poetic expression of independent Timor

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Updated August 28, 2009 11:59:19

East Timor's first decade as an independent nation has not been easy, people are beginning to tell their stories, mainly through poetry.

Presenter: Linda LoPresti
Speakers: Abe Saores, East Timorese poet; Leigh-Ashley Lipscomb, senior researcher on East Timor literature post-1999, Berkeley University California

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