Shazlin Hamzah

is a research fellow with the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA).

2 posts

Negaraku: The Sonic Totem of the Nusantara (Part Two)

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THE ATMOSPHERE WAS abuzz as the resonant “Merdeka” call rang in the newly built Stadium Merdeka. It was 1957. Malaya, the newly independent nation, needed not o...

Negaraku: The Sonic Totem of the Nusantara (Part 1)

4 min read

MOST INTERESTINGLY, historical scholarship surrounding the making of the national anthem was brought about by a chain of interconnected events that led to a pro...