The History of Place Names in the Family History of Singapore Malaysia

English language was one of the most lasting legacies of British colonialism everywhere. The fact that I'm speaking to you in English, and the fact that English is the main language of my brain is wired in, makes me also kind of complicit in all of this. You mentioned that your grandfather's death was kind of a secret in the family for a long time. Why do you think it was a secret? Well, because Singapore Malaysia became very anti-communist and my grandmother and great grandmother felt that it was politically dangerous to be associated with someone who died for communism. So they decided that they had to write this man out of the family history. They erased this person from the family history