Who Are You My Country? Writing about Identity, Past and Present

From the 1930s to 1965, discussions about modernisation, race and civic responsibility were as common as they are today. The youth of colonial Singapore wrote passionately about these issues, seeking to enkindle the idea of a nation that did not yet exist. The poetry and stories that encapsulate how they saw Singapore have become more, not less, relevant.


In Who Are You My Country?, the youth of modern Singapore build on those stories and use them to create a vision for what our post-SG50 nation might look like. As the historical publications were to those students of the past, we hope this anthology will also be to us a shared space for the collective imagination of our Singapore.


FEATURED WRITERS

Abdul Samad Ismail

Sarah Ang

Hedwig Anuar

Joy Chee

Hygin Prasad Fernandez

Lloyd Fernando

Jason Han

Ee Tiang Hong

Jiang Shangfeng

Joshua Ip

Joshua Jesudason

Theophilus Kwek

Stella Kon

Al Lim

Chloe Lim

Iain Lim Jun Rui

Lim Kim San

Min Lim

Francis P. Ng

Cecile Parrish

Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips

J.J. Puthucheary

S. Rajaratnam

Darshini Ramiah

A Salam

Tan Hui Shan

Edwin Thumboo

Winston Toh Ghee Wei

Rebecca Wai

Wang Gungwu

Jerrold Yam

Arthur Yap

Ron Yap