A matriarch of the Ê đê ethnicity, Linh Nga Niê Kdăm (*1948) is among the leading Indigenous researchers in Vietnam. Graduated from Vietnam National Academy of Music, Linh Nga soon became fascinated not only with the music but also with various sociocultural practices and rituals of different ethnicities in the Central Highlands. She has been a prolific ethnological researcher with several published titles and an avid advocate for Indigenous peoples since 1980, spearheading many cultural heritage and livelihood projects in her home region.
By Dương Mạnh Hùng and Phạm Thu Trà
