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A Karen in America 1879
Born in 1849, Moung Edwin was among the very first Burmese students to study in the United States. His father was U Shway Bo, the first Pwo Karen pastor in Burma. After arriving in the US in 1875 he first attended the Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania (the same seminary that Martin Luther King Jr would attend 75 years later). He went on to study at Iowa University, graduating with a law degree in 1879 and returned to Burma where...
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.