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Task 11
In groups of 2 - 4. Read the following text and determine the organisation of the text.

Organisation of the Text Buya Hamka

Prof. Dr. H. Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, better known by the pen name
Hamka was an Indonesian Moslem schoolar, philosopher, writer, lec-
turer, politician and journalist. Hamka was born on 17 February 1908
in Agam, West Sumatra, the eldest child of seven. Raised in a family
of devout Muslims, his father was Abdul Karim Amrullah, a clerical re-
former of Islam in Minangkabau, also known as Haji Rasul. His mother,
Sitti Shafiyah, came from a lineage of Minangkabau artists. His pater-
nal grandfather, Muhammad Amrullah, was a member of the Naqsh-
bandiyah.

Prior to his formal education, Hamka lived with his grandmother in a
house south of Maninjau. When he was six years old, he moved with
his father to Padang Panjang. Following common tradition in Minang,
he studied the Quran, and slept in a mosque near his family home
(Minang boys were not traditionally assigned a bedroom in the family
home). As well, he studied the silek. He listened to kaba (stories which
were sung along with traditional Minangkabau music), inspiring him to
the craft of storytelling. Later in life, Hamka would draw from Minang
culture in his novels.
In 1915, Hamka enrolled at the SMKA Sultan Muhammad, where he
studied the general sciences. Two years later, he would take on an
additional academic load, starting at the Diniyah School. In 1918,
Hamka’s father enrolled him at the Sumatera Thawalib. Hamka would
cease to attend SMKA Sultan Muhammad. Hamka was dissatisfied
with this state of affairs, and often studied on his own. He would fre-
quent a library ran by one of his teachers, Afiq Aimon Zainuddin. In an
attempt to prove he could make it on his own, and influenced by the
books he’d read about Central Java, Hamka set his sights on moving
to Java. At the same time, he no longer held any interest in completing
his education at the Thawalib. After four years of study, he left without
a diploma. In 1922, Hamka moved to Parabek, to study under Aiman
Ibrahim Wong. This did not last long, as he left for Java soon after-
wards.
In 1953, he was elected as the leader of the centre Muhammadyiah
Muhammadiyah Congress to-32 at Purwokerto. Since then, he has
always chosen the Muhammadiyah Congress further, until in 1971 he
pleaded not elected because he was senile. However, he was still ap-
pointed as an adviser to the central leadership of Muhammadiyah until
the end.

Social Function

Task 12
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