Given the incredible involvement of anya အညာ in the current revolution, we wanted to devote a few instalments to understanding the area. This week two articles on the formation of anya and its people, with Myo Oo on colonial boundary making, and Michael Aung-Thwin’s conception of anya as heartland.

Myo Oo. “Making Anyatha (Upper Lander) and Auktha (Lower Lander): Crossing the Introduction of the Colonial Boundary System to British Burma (Myanmar),” Suvannabhumi 13.2 (July 2021):135-164.

Aung-Thwin, Michael. “Mranma Pran: When Context Encounters Notion”. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 39, no. 2 (June 2008): 193–217.

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