JOKO WIDODO
A Village Star

A Kampung Boy Explores National Politics

Joko Widodo was raised by his mother's younger cousin, who recalled that he could never keep still. He would wander off to explore nearby kampungs, a trait that proved useful during his political campaigning.

THE scar from an accidental fall is still visible on Joko Widodo's forehead. Mukiyem, his nanny, recalled that the young Jokowi sustained the injury at a railway line near Solo's Balapan train station

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