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The Autobiography of
KAY RALA
XANANA GUSMÃO
nationalist leader of East Timor
with Selected Speeches & Writings
Edited by Sarah Niner
Principal Translators:
Jose Luis Perestrelo Botelheiro & Ana Noronha
230 x 150 mm paperback 272 pp
ISBN 1 86355 071 2 RRP $24.95
Aurora Books / David Lovell Publishing
- First full publication in English of Xanana Gusmão's autobiography, secretly written in gaol in 1994.
- Key primary-document collection of Gusmão's speeches and writings.
- Insights into the philosophy and ideals behind the struggle of the East Timorese people for independence.
- Documentation of the evolution of a leader.
- Documentation of East Timor's tortured path to independence, from an insider's point of view.
- Insights into the personality of one of the world's prominent leaders.
Foreword by Jacob Rumbiak
Jacob Rumbiak describes himself as 'Conveyor for the West Papuan People', working on behalf of a free West Papua - the 'next East Timor' (The Australian Magazine,19-20 Feb 2000).
He spent five years in Cipinang Prison with Xanana Gusmão, working with him to organise sporting activities, prayer services and the fruit and vegetable garden.
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