Myanmar’s colonial legacy includes racial hierarchies and authoritarian government. In the new nation state, not everyone is welcome.
To understand why Rakhine State is in such turmoil we need to follow the threads of ethnic nationalism back to before Myanmar existed.
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Introduced by History Today editor, Paul Lay. Read by Greig Johnson. Written by Ewan Cameron.
Music: Kai Engel. Illustration: Ben Jones.
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