Adam Bemma

  • Yangon’s Pirates of Pansodan St. – A new copyright law may bankrupt Myanmar’s book business

    Along Yangon’s Pansodan Street toward Merchant Road, located among the heritage Victorian buildings of colonial-era Rangoon, a pirated book market thrives. The books lining the shelves of street-side stalls, or inside adjacent bookstores, give the appearance of a booming business, featuring longtime bestsellers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s Freedom from Fear and Letters from Burma…

    Adam Bemma

  • ‘Pushing boundaries’: The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam

    Liberal Publishing House publishes and distributes books Vietnam’s government does not want its citizens to read. HANOI, Vietnam – Inside a cramped room in a secret – and temporary – location in northern Vietnam, a printer whirs to life, spitting out sheets of paper covered in text. Neat piles are stacked on nearby tables and…

    Adam Bemma

  • ‘Sudanista!’: A Non-Fiction Reading list for The Sudans

    Emma’s War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan by Deborah Scroggins The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars (African Issues) by Douglas H. Johnson South Sudan From Revolution to Independence by Matthew Arnold and Matthew LeRiche The Fate of Sudan: The Origins and Consequences of a Flawed Peace Process by John Young Sudan: Race,…

    Adam Bemma
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