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He's been described as the black Elvis, but that's probably more to do with the luxurious quiff and the cowboy boots. Dan Sultan has been cast in the new film version of the Jimmy Chi musical Bran Nue Dae, and this week Dan joins us backstage at the Australasian World Music Expo to talk about the movie and his forthcoming new album.
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A rare music collaboration brings together a group of culturally strong women from the Tiwi Islands off Darwin and a 6-piece jazz outfit from Sydney. Ngarukuruwala means 'we sing songs together' in the Tiwi language, and in this program we present a full concert recording from the Sydney Opera House. The Wangatunga Women's Group from Bathurst Island are the heart of this collaboration, and the jazz, blues and swing band led by Genevieve Campbell its musical backbone.
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Gali Yalkirriwuy Gurruwiwi has won the Kate Challis Award for a haunting series of morning star poles, which have deep spiritual meaning within Yolngu culture. Also in this program we hear why many people up north are disillusioned with the new Federal Government. And we present the first in a series of dreaming stories, 'The Turtle Dreaming' from Maningrida on the north coast of Arnhem Land.
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Patrick Dodson is only the second Australian to receive the Sydney Peace Prize, after the former Governor-General Sir William Deane. The inaugural chair of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation believes open and frank dialogue is the only way to repair the fractured relationship Australia has with its Indigenous people.
Saturday 6pm
repeated Monday 3pm
Presented by
Daniel Browning
Saturday 06 December 2008
Language death has been likened to the death of a culture, a way of life and the collective identity of its speakers. This week we ask: what is the future of bilingual education in the Northern Territory, where Aboriginal languages are the strongest? There are moves underway to force the Territory's nine bilingual schools to teach the first four hours of each day in what's to many students from remote communities a foreign language, English. In contrast, Aboriginal communities throughout the rest of the country are attempting to recover their lost languages.
Between 5 July and 16 August 2008, Awaye! celebrates its 15th anniversary with a selection of its best programs - ranging from the handback of Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park to its traditional owners to the extraordinary story of the Gija people of the north-east Kimberley, and their struggle to keep their community and culture alive. Learn about the history of Awaye! and its presenters over the years
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Daniel Browning presented a special program honouring the military service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Listen to the story of the extraordinary war service record of the Lovett family from the western districts of Victoria, and a short feature about the grave dedication of Herbert Clem Hill, a World War II veteran from Western Australia. You can download this program as an MP3. (46.4MB)
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News and The World Today
with Eleanor Hall
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