Contesting colonial discourse: rewriting Murut history of resistance in British North Borneo from 1881 to 1915

• Main Author: Fernandez, Callistus
• Format: Article
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1999
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4161/; http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jdem54-05.html

This paper attempts to contest the colonial discourse on the history of Murut anti-British resistance. Anti-British resistance was part and parcel of reactions towards the British in the early periods of colonial rule from 1881-1915. In over three decades, the Muruts launched numerous rebellions ag...