Tom Spender

Freelance journalist in London

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Entries Tagged as 'Sulawesi'

Manado revisited

March 8th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized

I revisited Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, last year – 15 years after I went there to teach English aged 18. In this piece I look at how the town has changed from my memory of it in 1994.

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So dari dulu – traditional Manado song

March 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized

Translation and audio recording of “So dari dulu” (“So long ago”), a traditional song from Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province. Recorded in STIBA Manado, sung by me and a STIBA class.

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