George Telek - West Papua

Telek is a legendary singer in Papua New Guinea. "West Papua" expresses a yearning for his countrymen west of the New Guinea border to be free from Indonesian rule. West Papua is occupied by Indonesia solely on the basis of a sham "election" held in 1969, laughingly called the Act of Free Choice, in which a small representation of the total indigenous West Papuan population were threatened to have their tongues cut out if they did not vote for Indonesian sovereignty. This scandal was actually approved by the UN, who all these years later refuse to take any steps at all to rectify their grave mistake.

The West Papuan people have been living under a regime of Indonesian oppression and genocide for more than 40 years, and it is only now that the world is taking notice.

This recording was produced by David Bridie. Footage taken from "Land of the Morning Star" by Mark Worth.

This video (plus many others) appears on the new CD/DVD re-release of "Tabaran" by Not Drowning, Waving.

Papua Merdeka!
http://www.freewestpapua.com

Official Telek website:
http://www.telek.com

Discuss Telek with other fans at:
http://www.followthegeography.com/message_board

Category:

Music

Tags:

• telek
• bridie
• morning
• star
• west
• papua
• guinea
• indonesia
• border
• protection
• pidgin

[mindtrippp]

wah kaget jg nih baca vid descriptionnya

[auspete]

@mindtrippp Well, it's not the sort of thing they teach in Indonesian schools.

[Benny22800]

isn't this music a copie of let it? (the beattles?

[auspete]

If you mean Let It BE... only if you're tonedeaf and have no sense of rhythm.

[auspete]

Kutigoi: Very astutely put.

[kutigoi]

INDONESIA=CHINA

WEST PAPUA=TIBET

[TwentythreeFortyTwo]

@JayPSandPJay I do have the album with serious tam on it and iirc it has the translation in the booklet (not quite sure as I live abroad now).

[JayPSandPJay]

I'm a music teacher from the U.S. and I want to share Telek songs with my students! This one has English, of course, but a couple of my favorite on "Serious Tam" aren't. Is there anyone here who may be able to help me with a translation or point me to a site with lyrics? Thanks!

[p2kyrock01]

saya orang indonesia... tapi saya dukung papua! semoga berbahagia :)

[LickSumba]

Is it possible to download any Telek`s album?

[69natalieee]

@Benny22800 owned

[TheHawaiianDragon]

@kutigoi : >> INDONESIA=CHINA

WEST PAPUA=TIBET

Agree with U ... 100%

[af447Forum]

@Benny22800 Let it be? Hum it's remond me of No woman no cry instead !

[faheyball]

Hey does anybody know what the footage is of that rally? Pretty deadly fulla at the end there commin up sayin he walked there and wants his independence