Bøger om New Guinea

"Papua Blood" is a documentary account taking the reader through the western part of the island of New Guinea. Over an interval spanning three decades the author and photographer Peter Bang describes his experiences among the indigenous people of West Papua, who are threatened by a continuing history of genocide and extinction. "... Excellent written with outstanding and valuable photos from a culture that one day will be gone. The author enlightens and entertains while delivering a deeply engaged statement for West Papua's independence ... " - Jorgen Bjerre / journalist, former Chief Editor.

"Puwul´s World" is a tale for children about Puwul´s first meeting with the world on the other side of the mountains.Puwul is nine years old and lives in the mountains in the western part of the second largest island in the world, New Guinea. He belongs to the Yali tribe, an indigenous people in West Papua who lived in a stone age culture when the pictures for this book were taken (48 pages / 50 black and white photos (this book is also published in a color edition). Published by Remote Frontlines 2018).Read more about West Papua / by the same author: PAPUA BLOOD - A Photographer´s Eyewitness Account of West Papua Over 30 Years.

Danskeren Casper Jensen rejser til New Guinea for at modtage arven efter sin fader, som har boet på øen det meste af sit liv. Kort efter ankomsten viser det sig, at det ikke er helt problemfrit at skulle modtage testamentet. Casper Jensen bliver hvirvlet ind i et spind af løgne og intriger. Han må flygte gennem et landskab, som er ham fuldstændig ubekendt, og hvor døden hele tiden lurer bag den næste forhindring.