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Kuma Kelage, daughter of a Chimbu chieftain from a quiet mountain village in the New Guinea Highlands, defied tradition and married a white Australian. With her daughter Ba, she travelled beyond the boundaries of her homeland, journeying through two cultures. Her story is told by her granddaughter, Deborah Carlyon.

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Dedication: Dedicated to the memory of Kuma Kelage and my grandmother whom we affectionately called Mama Kuma.

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Untitled Jean Yates , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Books from Our Backyard : Must-Read Books from Queensland 2006; (p. 92)
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography

A Mother and a Leader Lenora Foerstal , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 17 no. 1 2003; (p. 77-78)
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography

Cultural Crossings Marilla North , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 15 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography

Look back in Anger, Laughter, Forgiveness Elizabeth Perkins , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Summer vol. 22 no. 1 2003; (p. 60-64)
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography ; The Mish Robert Lowe , 2002 single work life story

Untitled Sue Bond , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 77 2003; (p. 166-167)
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography

Four Life Stories that Touch the Heart Robert Willson , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 March 2003; (p. 6a)
— Review of Capital Correspondent : The Canberra Letters of Edwin Charles 1936-37 Edwin Charles , 2002 single work autobiography ; She's a Fat Tart, Ain't She? Pat Thompson , 2002 single work autobiography ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography ; Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography

Untitled Sue Bond , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 13 2003;
— Review of Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography

Novel Approaches Sandra McLean , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Courier Mail , 21 November 2001; (p. 39)

I Did it My Way Cath Hart , Craig Bolland , Alison Earls , Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 112 2002; (p. 6-7)

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