Vanishing Tribes

Description:

<i>An illustrated story for adults</i> Based on actual events in 2012, Vanishing Tribes is a young woman's shocking yet tender and inspiring story about her love for her brothers, her need to protect them, and the quest to free their homeland from a brutal military occupation. Join Vivi as she struggles to find courage in the midst of political intrigue, espionage and imminent danger. Her personal story is set against the true-to-life backdrop of a fifty-year global conspiracy to hide genocide, Christian persecution and militarized commerce in West Papua, a place arguably as biologically and culturally diverse as the Amazon. This interactive eBook was created by a collaboration of artists, academics and activists from four continents as a tribute to fifty years of peaceful protest in West Papua. The eBook can be read on three levels. You can: a) scan the story and <b>browse the paintings</b> like an art gallery b) <b>read the full story</b> which includes more than sixty paintings and illustrations c) <b>open the pop-up footnotes and image descriptions</b> to better understand what's happening to these astonishing people who inhabit the world's second largest island. You can also visit a wiki at vanishingtribes.info to verify the facts behind the fictional story. Links there include videos showing evidence of recent atrocities and the West Papuans' amazing determination to regain their freedom through passive resistance. The wiki also offers bonus dialogue, a forum to express your views, and a variety of action ideas.

subjects: Papua,  West Papua,  Christian,  tribes,  passive resistance,  protests,  human rights,  free,  ebooks,  graphic novels

People: West Papuans

Places: West Papua,  Papua,  Melanesia,  Oceania

Times: 2012