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HINABING GUNITA (Woven Memories)
Filipinos in the UK, an oral history project
Edited by Jamie Tapales Oakes, Carmila Legarda Alcantara, Maria Gonzalez, Candy Quimpo Gourlay, and Ed Maranan
Book Design by Mark Harvey
Illustrations by Olivia Brooks
Published by The Centre for Filipinos (London)
Copyright 2004

Hinabing Gunita (Woven Memories) brings together the writings and reminiscences of Filipinos who have settled in the United Kingdom during the last thirty years.

Hinabing Gunita—in poems, essays and interviews— chronicles the emergence of the Filipino community and its gradual recognition within multicultural Britain. Long regarded as an ‘invisible’ minority, Filipinos have been arriving in the UK for several generations. In their own words, individuals recount the pain of leaving home, their fears and uncertainties, the many struggles faced and ultimately their coming of age as a viable and identifiable community with so much to contribute to British society as well as to their homeland.

The book records some of the stories of an exodus that began thirty years ago and which continues to this day; the incredible journeys made by Filipinos and their no less extraordinary experiences of life here. The publication is the result of a two-year project funded by the Basic Skills Agency. Courses in Photography, Creative Writing and Desktop Publishing were offered so that participants (over a hundred of them) could be actively involved in contributing to and being part of the production of the book.

For book orders, please email cf@clara.net or edmar67@yahoo.com. The book is priced at £6. (Press Announcement)

OOV Bookshelf 2004

OCTOBER 2004 FEATURE A Carnivore's Inquiry by Sabina Murray Filipino Women Writers in English: Their Story 1905-2002 by Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz Miracle Fruit: The Poems of Aimee Nezhukumatathil A Child in the Midst of Battle by Evelyn Berg Empie and Stephen H. Mette Sarabihon Volume 2 edited by T. Erestain Missing Mangoes: For Filipinos And Those Who Love Us by Marcelline Santos-Taylor Rosario de Guzman-Lingat, 1924-1997: The Burden of Self and History by Soledad S. Reyes JULY 2004 FEATURE Communities at the Margins: Reflections on Social, Economic, and Environmental Change in the Philippines edited by Hiromitsu Umehara & Germelino M. Bautista Cuentos Filipinos by Jose Montero y Vidal Hinabing Gunita (Woven Memories): Filipinos in the UK, an oral history project Edited by Jamie Tapales Oakes, Carmila Legarda Alcantara, Maria Gonzalez, Candy Quimpo Gourlay, and Ed Maranan Menage a Trois with the 21st Century by Eileen R. Tabios Remembered Songs and Other Stories by Norma Miraflor Uyayi by Chinchin Gutierrez Novemberly by Theo Gonzalves The Art of Harana—Serenades for Guitar by Florante Aguilar Kundiman ng Katipunan by Elynia S. Mabanglo Stephen Y.S. Shey MARCH 2004 FEATURE Dream Jungle by Jessica Hagedorn Marginal Bliss by Carlomar Arcangel Daoana Behind the Blue Canvas by Eileen R. Tabios Ulos: 4 na Dula by Arthur P. Casanova Mga Kuwentong Maranao by Frank G. Rivera Wife or Worker: Asian Women and Migration edited by Nicola Piper and Mina Roces World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua Smaller and Smaller Circles by Felisa H. Batacan