Myanmar Oral History Project - life stories
A podcast by Peter Church
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45 Episodes
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U Kyaw Thein Lwin born 1927, his career up to today after leaving in 1954 the Pyidawtha, Burma's first owned steamship
Published: 8/9/2021 -
U Kyaw Thein Lwin born 1927, a third interview with him covering the years immediately before and after independence
Published: 7/29/2021 -
U Kyaw Thein Lwin born 1927, more stories from the war years and early years of independence
Published: 7/15/2021 -
U Kyaw Thein Lwin born 1927, his early life 1927 to 1949
Published: 7/9/2021 -
U Maung Nyi (commonly known as David) was born in Kyaukse on 15 April, 1936. He was educated in Kyaukse, Mandalay, Yangon and Otago (New Zealand). As a mining engineer he spent many years working at
Published: 5/19/2021
Oral histories of Myanmar - life stories; some starting as far back as the late 1920’s.From my years of involvement in Myanmar I have become aware of the increasing scarcity of the generation of Myanma citizens who were born during the colonial period and have lived through the tumultuous years since that time. For me, these men and women are "national treasures" whose experience, perseverance and wisdom gained during their long lives will be lost unless we capture their stories in some way. To this end I have decided to interview a number of these elderly citizens. My hope is that these interviews will be of interest to historians, sociologists and other researchers in the future as well as for the family and friends of those interviewed.
