Usman Balo: From Bad Boy to Freedom Fighter

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211130.013How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Usman Balo; Fighter; Freedom

Abstract

This article discusses the work of a figure of freedom fighters from Sidenreng Rappang South Sulawesi. The person in question is Usman Balo. He is known as a freedom fighter during the revolution in Sidenreng Rappang. Usman Balo is interesting to review because it is considered a controversial figure. On the one hand he is considered as a person who has a hard temper and likes to fight with others in childhood. Even in a source Usman Balo is also said to have a wife of more than a hundred people. On the other hand, Usman Balo was a patriotic man defending the community and his people from colonization. This underlies the author to reveal the story of this character. This paper is a study of history and figures using a qualitative approach to analysis. As for the steps that research uses historical stages, namely, heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bustan
AU  - Bahri
AU  - Najamuddin
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/03
TI  - Usman Balo: From Bad Boy to Freedom Fighter
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joined Conference on Social Science (ICSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 67
EP  - 71
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211130.013
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211130.013
ID  - 2021
ER  -