A book and catalog dedicated to the Indo-European, Moluccan, Papua, Javanese Surinamese, Peranakan and Indonesian diaspora and their music. Ancestors that overcame lots of trials and tribulations. By writing these songs they became part of a growing tangible history of the diaspora. An aural history through music: Soundwriters.

An homage to the unsung heroes of the underground and deserved recognition for the diaspora pioneers.

Michiel Sekan (Amsterdam, 2025)

For questions or inquiries about the book or project:

soundwriters@jiwajiwa.com

Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a gift of the Airy Kingdom, music is air, a universal existence … common to all the living. Music is existence, the key to the universal language. Because it is the universal language. — Sun Ra