The Philippines’ brutal history informs Glenn Diaz’s powerful political novel
- Written by Sam Ryan, PhD Candidate, Literary Studies, University of Tasmania
The first inauguration of president Ferdinand Marcos, December 30, 1965.Philippine Presidential Museum and Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsWestern imperialism has a long history in the Philippines. Hundreds of years of Spanish colonisation, beginning in the 1500s, culminated in the Spanish-American War in 1897. The first attempt to...
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