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256 Spring 2024

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Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.

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Ronny Kareni

Ronny Kareni is a West Papuan diplomat and lecturer of Tok Pisin language at Australian National University. He holds a Master of Diplomacy and a Bachelor of Arts (Humanities). He uses music to build community confidence and relationships, and as a form of case work and cultural development projects in the Pacific and Australia.

Articles by Ronny Kareni:

27 November 2023 · Music

West Papua’s musical diplomats

Sebastian Antoine and Ronny Kareni

This is why we play. As a form of cultural diplomacy, music is a way for us to connect with people, communicate our story and our political position and generate action. We don’t just play for fun — we make music as our contribution to the broader struggle.