94 year old Sao Noan Oo was born in Shan State as a princess, being the daughter of the Sawbwa or Sao Hpa of Lawksawk, a state in the Federated Shan States or Mong Tai. She has been fighting for the rights of the Shan people for almost all of her long life. And she hasn't given up yet. Sao Noan Oo was studying in England at the time of the 1962 coup and her scholarship was cancelled. Given what happened to her family and other Shan families after that coup she has never ret...
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94 year old Sao Noan Oo was born in Shan State as a princess, being the daughter of the Sawbwa or Sao Hpa of Lawksawk, a state in the Federated Shan States or Mong Tai. She has been fighting for the rights of the Shan people for almost all of her long life. And she hasn't given up yet. Sao Noan Oo was studying in England at the time of the 1962 coup and her scholarship was cancelled. Given what happened to her family and other Shan families after that coup she has never ret...
U Nay Oke was born into a prominent Burmese family in 1943 and is the founder of a well known English language school.
Myanmar Oral History Project - life stories
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U Nay Oke was born into a prominent Burmese family in 1943 and is the founder of a well known English language school.
This interview took place in 2018 and I am republishing it now as there was a lot of interest when it was first published.U Nay Oke is the founder of a well known English language school and was born in 1943. There is a short short postscript where U Nay Oke told me the story of how as a very young man, as a result of a bizare circumstance, he ended up selecting Western movies for General Ne Win.Send us a textPlease feel free to contact me with suggested interviewees at church.peter@gma...
Myanmar Oral History Project - life stories
94 year old Sao Noan Oo was born in Shan State as a princess, being the daughter of the Sawbwa or Sao Hpa of Lawksawk, a state in the Federated Shan States or Mong Tai. She has been fighting for the rights of the Shan people for almost all of her long life. And she hasn't given up yet. Sao Noan Oo was studying in England at the time of the 1962 coup and her scholarship was cancelled. Given what happened to her family and other Shan families after that coup she has never ret...