Video: The Marshall Islands’ ‘Unforgettable Voice’

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This 7-minute clip from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports the story of Marshallese woman Darleen Keju-Johnson‘s address to a World Council of Churches assembly 30 years ago.

The address raised attention about compensation for the U.S. nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands.

Keju-Johnson died in 1996, and her husband Giff Johnson has written a book about her and health programs tied to the testing entitled Don’t Ever Whisper. Johnson will visit Hawaii in late October and early November for a book tour.

Read Civil Beat’s related Words Before Dying — a Micronesian Oral History, from Hawaii.

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Photo: Screen shot from Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sept. 28. (ABC)

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