On December 14, 2020, a new book by Stuart Braga “Nos Sa Téra, Nos Sa Génti (Our Land, Our People) – Stories of the Macanese people and their homeland” was launched at the auditorium of the International Institute of Macau (IIM).
This new English book some fifty stories in six parts, about the Macanese people, their institutions, buildings, as well as achievements and disasters. The subject of the book is not on Macau History, but many stories, some of them are familiar to us, while others will surprise many readers. The author believes that while there is a variety of stories in this book, there are thousands more waiting to be told.
Stuart Braga is a well-known academic in Australia, born in Hong Kong but a member of a prominent Macanese family whose forebears came to Macau more than 300 years ago. Braga has been promoting the legacy of the Macanese community and its identity and is also author of “Making Impressions – A Portuguese Family in Macau and Hong Kong 1700-1945” and “Five Hundred Years of Macau”. It is with great satisfaction that the IIM assumes once again the publication of this important book by Stuart Braga, which his works has been well accepted by researchers around the world.
On the day, during the book launch, due to the world pandemic of Covid-19, it was shown a recorded interview of Stuart Braga and a the physical presentation by João Guedes, the well-known journalist, book critic and historian in Macau.
The event was made under the preventive measures of the pandemic of Covid-19.
Video of the book launch at the IIM
