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But the language of self-determination, of democracy, of liberty,

were now common currency among the public.

discrimination had spawned alienation from the colonial

society and its elite.

Protests were met with legalised violence and repression

and in turn gave birth to new protest and new determination to protest.

it is into this world.

that nearly every future leader of Singapore's anti-colonial struggle was born.

They would be defined by this shared sense of grievance and colonial discrimination.

by the failure of the colonial state to meet the needs of Singapore's residents

and the transformation of the global economy.

the swirling currents of nationalism and self-determination sweeping the world

and by his shared experience of state-sanctioned violence and oppression.

but the answers they came up with

would radically differ from each other.

Disagree, how do we solve these problems?

and they would really, really disagree.

Because it is here in the interwar years

We see Malayan nationalism arise

and it is here as a consequence that we see

All these different ideas clash with each other.

It is here we see the beginnings of the debate over Malaya

identity over the meaning, the shared values of the Malayan nation.

If Malaya is going to have independence

if it is going to have self-determination,

Malaya is going to govern itself.

then how?

What does it mean to be Malayan?