Isebong Maura Asang (c. 1951 – August 2017) was a Belauan writer and educator.
Isebong Asang | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1951 |
| Died | August 2017  |
| Occupation | Writer |
Isebong Asang was the daughter of Belauan parents. When she was six months old, her father, a naval engineer, brought the family to the village of Tamuning in Guam. She was raised in Sinajana, Guam.[1]
She published the book Searching for a Palauan: Identity with an English Accent: Language with an Attitude (1999). Her work explores issues of identity and language in diasporic communities.[1] She earned a PhD in education from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2004 with the dissertation Epistemological Implications: Blebaol, Klomengelungel, ma Tekoi er a Belau.[2] She was a faculty member at Palau Community College.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Flores, Evelyn; Kihleng, Emelihter, eds. (2019-04-30). Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia. University of Hawaii Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv7r43c9. ISBN 978-0-8248-7738-5.
- ^ Asang, Isebong Maura (August 2004). Epistemological Implications: Blebaol, Klomengelungel, ma Tekoi er a Belau (PhD thesis). University of Hawai'i at Manoa.