Sri Lanka's crisis: Ethnonationalism and the legacy of the civil war with Dr. Mythri Jegathesan

Published: Sept. 7, 2022, 2:11 p.m.

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/sri-lankas-crisis-ethnonationalism-and-the-legacy-of-the-civil-war

Sri Lanka's civil war ended in 2009, but ethnonationalism remains a powerful force in the country's politics. Professor \ufeffMythri Jegathesan traces the country's present crisis to its recent history in the second episode of a special TRNN two-part series on Sri Lanka.

\ufeffDr. Mythri Jegathesan is a professor of anthropology at Santa Clara University. She is the author of \ufeff\ufeffTea and Solidarity: \ufeffTamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka.\ufeff

Post-Production: Adam Coley

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