I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE STRUGGLE OF OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN WEST PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOR SEVERAL DECADES NOW AND HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT IT IN VARIOUS ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS. IN DECEMBER 2010 I WAS ABLE TO INCLUDE WEST PAPUAN LEADER CHIEF BENNY WENDA IN A PROGRAM THAT I COORDINATED FOR THE HISTORIC FESMAN GATHERING IN SENEGAL, WEST Kmt. IT WAS BENNY'S FIRST TRIP TO Kmt AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING BOTH FOR BENNY AND THE AUDIENCE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE TOLD THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE OF WEST PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON THE SOIL OF Kmt. AND IT WAS ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS. HERE IS A PHOTO WITH BROTHER BABU OF THE PAN-Kmtyw FILM FESTIVAL, CHIEF BENNY, AND MYSELF.
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