Anne Jan Sijbrandij

More than 60 years after their refuge to the Netherlands, Loey Tamaela and his family are still hoping to one day return to a free Moluccas.

The Tamaëla family has an eventful political history in which "liberating" the Moluccan territory was the goal. More than 60 years after their refuge to the Netherlands, Loey Tamaela and his family are still hoping to one day return to a free Moluccas. Their memories of Nusa Ina, the mother island, strengthen a dream of protecting their Moluccan identity. Perhaps knowing that everything will eventually become history.