Below are posts about citizen media in Tetum. Don't miss Global Voices Ho-Tetun, where Global Voices posts are translated into Tetum! Read about our Lingua project to learn more about how Global Voices content is being translated into other languages.
Stories about Tetum from August, 2009
East Timor: “Happy Day” of freedom vote
Timorese bloggers have celebrated the 10th anniversary of the popular referendum which led to the territory's formal independence. One commemorates the "happy day", another recalls his determination to drive out the Indonesian military occupiers, and yet another uses the day to question the current moment in Timor.
East Timor: Abe Barreto Soares’ Poetry for Nation Building
He calls himself a “wanderer like anyone else” but Abe Barreto Soares is also a poet, a translator and an active blogger. In this interview, he talks about Timorese nationalism, language and poetry.
East Timor: A Film about Peace 10 years after the Referendum
Visual artist David Palazón has recently released online the trailer from his experimental documentary Hanesan Maibe Ketak-Ketak | Same same but Different, filmed at the end of 2008 in East...
