The Freedom Fighters' Guru
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
During his relatively short life, Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto laid the groundwork of building the Republic, initiating a movement towards equality and abandoning the established order of his own aristocratic family. He is revered as the 'father' of the nation's independence movement leaders.
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IN Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto, one finds rebellion and compromise, at the same time. He repudiated the attributes of feudalism: putting aside the title of 'raden', protesting against laku dodok or kowtowing before an aristocrat-and demanding equality for the people of the Indies. He then urged his followers to wear 'European clothes,' as a symbol that the "native people are human beings like the Dutch."
The struggle for equality can clearly be found in th
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