When in 1949 the Chinese Communist Party “liberated” the ethnocultural frontier region known to Tibetans as Amdo, its goal was not just to build a state, but to create a nation. Rather than ...

Dolma Kyab is a Tibetan instructor who taught Tibetan grammar, history, and literature in Tibet for many years. He grew up in Amdo, Tibet and received two degrees, in Tibetan Literature and later in ...

Sgrolmamtsho is a peasant woman of 35 who lives in an impoverished agricultural community in the Tibetan province of Amdo When she got married in 1993 she was only 21 and had no experience of work ...