Racism is still very much alive 70 years on from when Enid Blyton’s three gollywogs, named Golly, Woggie and Nigger, first made their appearance.
As I was in Penang for a couple of days this week, I popped by George Town’s famous Chowrasta market to look at the secondhand book stalls. I didn’t have the time to poke around for very long, but I still left with a bag of books, including two Malay translations of Enid Blyton books.
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