Myanmar Oral History Project - life stories

45 Episodes

1. U K Ba Thaung (1931-2022) - interesting stories of his relationship with General Ne Win, including observing at first hand some of his many unusual superstitions and remedies

   Published: 1/18/2024
2. U Kenneth Ba Thaung (1931-2022) - his life story including interactions with General Ne Win. Includes his career as a military officer and running the Pearl and Fishery corporation and the 7 1/2 year

   Published: 1/17/2024
3. General Ne Win (1911-2002), politician, military commander, Prime Minister, President and dictator

   Published: 12/7/2023
4. Dr. Maung Maung (1925-1992) - Gentleman, Scholar and Patriot - the 7th President of Myanmar

   Published: 10/29/2023
5. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 8 deals with Charles Campagnac's views on the plight of the Anglo Burman community post WW2

   Published: 10/8/2023
6. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 7 deals with Charles Campagnac's experiences on the reoccupation of Burma after the war.

   Published: 10/8/2023
7. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 6 deals with the experiences of the Campagnac family in India having fled the Japanese occupation of Burma

   Published: 10/6/2023
8. Guy Slater born 1941 - the life of a "cub reporter" at the Rangoon Nation newspaper in 1960 and his career since then including his involvement as a Trustee of Prospect Burma (https://prospectburma.or

   Published: 4/5/2023
9. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 5 deals with the horrors of war which befell Burma during WW2

   Published: 4/5/2023
10. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 4 of his life story deals with his views on the use of the death penalty in Burma in the 1920s, the difference between Anglo Burmans and Anglo In

    Published: 4/3/2023
11. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -this episode 3 of his life story deals with some of the colourful characters he met outside his practice as a barrister

    Published: 4/1/2023
12. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) - Episode 2 covering his involvement as a barrister in the famous case of the newspaper publisher of The Rangoon Times, Mr. Channing Arnold who was prosecuted

    Published: 4/1/2023
13. Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) - Barrister, Lord Mayor of Rangoon and Member of the Legislative Council - Episode 1 covering his early years of legal practice in Rangoon commencing in 1909

    Published: 3/31/2023
14. Sithu Lt Col Raymond Campagnac's life story through the words of his daughter, Sandra Campagnac-Carney

    Published: 12/23/2022
15. A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 5 - Early 2000s to 2017 when the 6th edition was published

    Published: 8/25/2022
16. A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 4 - 1970s to early 2000s

    Published: 8/24/2022
17. A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 3 - Japanese occupation during WW2 and the early days of independence to the late 1960s

    Published: 8/16/2022
18. A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 2 - the colonial period

    Published: 8/16/2022
19. A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 1

    Published: 8/15/2022
20. "Trials in Burma" by Maurice Collis - extracts dealing with the Peasants' Rebellion of 1930

    Published: 8/3/2022