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mereka adalah waris pelaut nusantara...Kat South Africa ada satu perkampungan Orang Melayu. Diaorg berkomunikasi dengan mengunakan Bahasa Melayu. Macamana boleh duduk kat sana yer?
kenapa bangsasendiri enggan menghayati sejarah kebanggaan tamadun sendiri?PREFACE
This bibliography is published in conjunction with the exhibition and
seminar on Malay scripts entitled Aksara: The Passage of Malay Scripts
organised by the National Library Board (NLB). It lists books, journal
articles and rare materials in English and Malay that are available in
the National Library Board’s collection.
The Aksara Exhibition (18 January – 30 June 2007) represents NLB’s
efforts to preserve our national memories and build a shared history of
Singapore. It showcases invaluable manuscripts, letters, publications
and artifacts that document the development of the rich intellectual
tradition that were transmitted through the different writing systems
that have evolved in the Malay world.
The Malay civilisation covers a wide temporal and geopolitical span
and has throughout history successfully incorporated and melded the
cultural elements from other major civilsations like the Hindu-Buddhist,
Islamic and the West with its own. The adaptation of different writing
systems to express the Malay language, from the ancient Indic scripts
of Pallava, Nagari and Kawi to the indigenous Rencong script and
finally to the more modern Jawi and Roman scripts, has left behind
a vast legacy of written words and texts.
The change of the writing
scripts bears testimony to the rich tradition that had been incorporated
and embedded into the Malay civilization. The medium of preserving
and transmitting this written legacy, from stones, barks and leaves to
more portable and accessible paper and digital forms, also shows the
receptiveness of the Malays to technology that could broaden the reach
and impact of their intellectual tradition.
The Exhibition also underscores an important aspect of the Malay
world: The inspiration behind intellectual movements as exemplified
by some of the works produced throughout history. Men like Hamzah
Fansuri and Munshi Abdullah who hailed in the Jawi age, and more
contemporary figures like Za’ba, Masuri S.N. and Muhd Ariff Ahmad
who spearheaded the transition to Roman script, are linked to major
watersheds in the Malays’ intellectual landscape.
Today, while most Malays are comfortable with expressing the Malay
language in the Roman script, not many are aware of the history
behind the transformation of the Malay language into its present
written form, both its rich writing system as well as the colourful
vistas of literary, intellectual and aesthetic cultures of the region. The
exhibition and this bibliography hope to remedy this and at the same
time help Singaporeans discover a significant part of their intellectual
heritage.
On behalf of the National Library Board, I would like to thank the
team involved in the compilation of this bibliography, which represents
one way of highlighting and sharing the library’s rich collection with
the general public.
I hope that this is the first of many joint endeavours by the staff of the
National Library Board with external parties, especially our overseas
partners like Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.
N Varaprasad (Dr)
Chief Executive
National Library Board
Singapore
http://exhibitions.nlb.gov.sg/aksara/info/AKSARAindxd.pdf