Akar Nusa / All peoples / Hakka
Stories written
The great migrations · 4 min read
Hakka: the guest people
Hakka communities moved many times, leaving a trail of mining villages.
The great migrations · 4 min readLarut Wars and the Pangkor Treaty
Tin, secret societies and a British treaty in 1874.
Sabah · 4 min readThe Hakka of Sabah and the Basel Mission
Hakka farmers were brought to Sabah in the 1880s.
Coming soon
The great migrations · Coming soon
The kongsi: Chinese democracies in Borneo
Mining companies governed themselves like republics.
Places in these stories
SelangorSabahGuangdongLarutPerakKudatSandakanWest BorneoSarawak
Family lines linked in these stories
Family lines are shown here only where a published study links them to this community. None is linked yet.
DNA does not decide who anyone is. It does not show race, religion or any legal status. Every community tells its own story first, and we tell the DNA part with respect.




