Region 9

Zamboanga Peninsula – Zamboanga del Norte,

Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay,
Zamboanga City and Isabela
Mig Alvarez Enriquez

Emigdio Alvarez Enriquez was born in the

year 1925. He is a Filipino by birth. He started
writing at the age of 20. He is a novelist, story
writer, and playing with. Among his famous
literary works are Blood on the Moon, A tale
of Two Houses, Cachil Kudarat (Sultan of
Mindanao) or Cachil Corrala, and Labaw,
Donggon. All of this short stories won
palangca awards in the same year.
 The white horse of alih is a story that
examines a discrimination based on race
and religion. It started when the two
brothers tried to kill the people
celebrating the friendship day. It confuses
Alih whether he will do it or not. They want
to kill those people because they want to
wash away their shame and gain
respect. Then, Alih saw Fermina standing
on a float while he waits for his brother.
Eventually, his brother Omar came and
he is drunken. His brother came to
Fermina but Alih blocked his way and
killed his brother. He protected Fermina. It
came to his mind that his white horse
doesn't matter. What matters most to him
is the girl he loved.
 Another is The Devil Flower. According to
the readers, "This is impressive first novel.
The Devil Flower has much of the
brooding tragedy of a folk tale, frankly
explicite sexual scenes and considerable
humor and quit with. Mr. Enriquez'
tecnique"
 “ A skillful and absorbing first novel. Mr.
Enriquez writes colorfully, sometimes,
perhaps, too lushly, yet clearly brings to
life the island ways” "THE DEVIL FLOWER”
emerges with poignant clarity. Ordained
by her contemporary villagers as a
paragon of purity, the sexual flowering of
the attractive Ercelia is met with self-
flagellation"
Servando D. Halili Jr.

 This book makes a postcolonial

reading of the American invasion and
colonization of the Philippines in 1898.
It considers how nineteenth-century
American popular culture, specifically
political cartoons and caricatures,
influenced American foreign policy.
These sources, drawn from several US
libraries and archives, show how race
and gender ideologies significantly
influenced the move of the US to
annex the Philippines.