Why Indigenous Rights Matter
By Puah Sze Ning
February 2013 PHOTO ESSAY
Being proud of where you come from was something unfamiliar to me until I started working with the indigenous rights movement. Like many urban kids, I grew up influenced by western media and took very little pride in my own culture and traditions. Instead, I wished I was born in countries of many seasons which captivated me in the books I read and the movies I watched. My family was not traditional, but we did some “Chinese” things, like burning...
Puah Sze Ning
has been working with Indigenous communities in
Malaysia for over 15 years, assisting in advocacy training, documentation and welfare aid. She is also an accomplished photographer.
