UID:
edocfu_9961448901202883
Format:
1 online resource (189 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-74332-825-7
Series Statement:
Indigenous Music of Australia
Content:
Reflections and Voices takes readers on a captivating journey with Yothu Yindu and their lead singer and songwriter, Mandawuy Yunupingu. Locating the band within a continuum of traditional practice that records the beauty of Arnhem Land as experienced by Mandawuy's ancestors, and has guided local engagements with visitors from across the Arafura Sea for countless centuries. It also reveals how Mandawuy's work as an educator and musician championed the continuing importance of traditional Indigenous thought and practice to contemporary life in Australia.
Note:
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- contents -- foreword -- preface -- acknowledgements -- a note on orthography -- introduction -- reflections -- a band with a vision -- who are the Yolŋu? -- child and mother -- voices of eternity -- visitors from abroad -- resistance on the frontier -- the struggle for justice -- hope for the future -- a legacy of hope -- voices -- 'Djäpana: Sunset Dreaming' -- 'Mainstream' -- 'Treaty' -- 'Tribal Voice' -- 'Timeless Land' -- 'World Turning' -- 'Dots on the Shells' -- 'Ghosts Spirits' -- conclusion -- dancing trees: an epilogue -- appendices -- glossary -- discography -- chronology -- references -- about the authors.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-920899-34-0
Language:
English
