Know History, Know Self: Episodes 20-11
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20. Know History, Know Self 20: “Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Our Ancient Pacific Roots” (5/11/16)
Excavation of the history of the Austronesians, ancient migrants from southern China and ancestors to contemporary peoples across the Indian and Pacific Oceans—including global Filipinos—reviewed for the occasion of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, 2016.
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19. Know History, Know Self 19: "Walterina Markova, Comfort Gay” (4/29/16)
Remembrance of the life of “comfort gay” Walterina Markova (1924-2004), perhaps the best known male forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during WWII and subject of the film Markova: Comfort Gay (2000).
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18. Know History, Know Self 18: "Maria Rosa Henson, Comfort Woman” (4/20/16)
Remembrance of the life of “comfort woman” Maria Rosa Henson (1927-97), activist and author of Comfort Woman: A Filipina's Story of Prostitution and Slavery Under the Japanese Military (1999), recounted in observation of Sexual Assault, Awareness & Prevention Month, 2016.
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16 & 17. Know History, Know Self 16 & 17: "Prinsesa Urduja" and “The Babaylanes” (3/30/16)
Back-to-back segments that address first, the historical questions involved in locating the legendary figure Princess Urduja, first mentioned the travelogues of Ibn Baṭūṭah; and second, a recollection of the history, significance, and contemporary legacy of the prehispanic female shamans known as babaylanes.
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15. Know History, Know Self 15: "Gabriela Silang" (3/23/16)
Reminiscince on the life of revolutionary general Gabriela Silang (1731-63), whose libratory struggle against Spanish colonialism during the Seven Years War raised the prospect of the Filipino nation being founded by a woman warrior.
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14. Know History, Know Self 14: "Sakdalista Salud Algabre" (3/9/16)
The legendary activities and peasant luminary Salud Algabre, intrepid revolutionary who said famously said of her participation in the Sakdalista Movement of the 1930s, “No uprising fails,” she said. “Each one is a step in the right direction.”
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13. Know History, Know Self 13: "The Women of Malolos" (3/2/16)
Recollection of the female activists from Bulacan, dubbed “The Women of Malolos,” who initiated a movement to construct a school in 1888 for educating Filipinos rather than Spaniards, an event that symbolized women’s nationalism in the late Spanish era
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12. Know History, Know Self 12: “EDSA 30 Years Later" (2/24/16)
Reflection on the legacy of the revolution that ousted Marcos in 1986, the EDSA Revolution, in light of the decades of continued democratic politics that continue to the present.
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11. Know History, Know Self 11: "Why Sinigang is the National Dish of the Philippines" (2/17/16)
An argument for the recognition of sinigang, rather than adobo, as the national dish of the Filipinos, on the basis of its kinship to similar species of sour stews across Southeast Asian nations.
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