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Lily Yew’s Great Great Grandmother
She was a Nyonya born in Malaysia and she wears a xiaoshouyi, a Chinese robe worn on celebrations and decorated with a kerosang, a clasp also worn with the kabaya. Read more
Mami, tiroteo
https://medium.com/@ezejiokoye/beyond-the-dreamers-the-parents-and-their-stories-22a8b542bd0a… Read more
Motivation of Hope
[Durante el primer embarazo en San Diego]….. extrañaba a mi esposo y a mí y a mi familia también a mí a mi mamá pero y a mi papá. Pero decía yo me quise venir para acá. O sea que yo quería que fuera algo bueno para mi hija que… Read more
Nyonya Slippers
Even before a marriage had been arranged, future Nyonya brides would begin embroidering several pairs of slippers for her wedding including a pair for herself, her mother, and her future mother-in-law. Read more
Nyonya Matriarchs
Nyonyas from the Yew family wearing the more decorative, colourful sarong kabayas found in Penang, an important port ceded to the British East India Company in 1786 and home to one of SE Asia’s largest Peranakan Chinese communities. Read more
Our Father Dies
Two stories of the Central American Wars told by weaving interviews by Gabriela Poma and Ruben, and the poem, Disappeared by Javier Zamora. Read more
President Johnson orders military intervention of Santo Domingo
Recording of President Lindon Johnson’s order to intervene in Santo Domingo. Read more