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KARTINI is unknown. A song in her praise which is sung every April 21 says how “her name is famous”. And indeed, she was already an icon in the early 20th century, even before Bung Karno was known on various platforms. But Kartini is more “cause” than “character”.

She herself chose to take cover. “…I want to write for newspapers, but not under my own name. I want to remain unknown…here in the Indies”, she wrote in a letter

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