This mini museum in Negri Sembilan is devoted to legendary M'sian author Za'ba


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Pendeta Za’ba’s typewriter is on display at the gallery space in Batu Kikir, Negri Sembilan, which is run by the Negri Sembilan Museum Board. Photos: Bernama

His role in injecting the spirit of struggle among the Malay community against the yoke of colonialism for national independence cannot be refuted and, in fact, his writings are still significant today.

The figure in question is Tan Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad, more popularly known as Pendeta Za’ba, a teacher, writer, linguist, philosopher, political figure and economic thinker, who had vastly contributed to the progress of Malaysia.

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