The Mysterious Ali of the ‘Malay Archipelago’

Tom McLaughlin holds a Masters in Political Science and International Affairs and currently resides in Sarawak. Together with his wife, Suriani binti Sahari, they conducted an oral history and archival investigation of the enigmatic persona "Ali" in the classic text on Borneo's natural history, Malay Archipelago by Alfred Wallace. This essay explores the oral history … Continue reading The Mysterious Ali of the ‘Malay Archipelago’