….The protagonist, also the narrator, is Minke (a fictionalization of Tirto). Minke leaves Surabaya, where he studied in a prestigious high school, to go Betawi (or Batavia), the capital of Dutch East Indies, to continue his education.[1]There he attends the STOVIA, a school for native doctors, the only avenue for higher education available to the natives in the Dutch East Indies.[3] He continues to encounter racist colonial policies; for example, he is not allowed to wear European dress, but instead must wear indigenous dress.[4] While studying there he meets Mei, a Chinese activist who is working on forming an organization for the Chinese in the Indies.[4] They marry but she soon dies of malaria.[4]… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footsteps_(novel)
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