Wandjuk Marika: Life Story as told to Jennifer Isaacs

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has added bookplate to inside cover, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker.

Wandjuk Marika: Life Story is the autobiography of one of Australia's most significant indigenous statesmen, artists and religious leaders: champion of Land Rights, poet, singer, dreamer and outstanding artist.

This major literary work reveals the beauty and integrity of Aboriginal English in an oral narrative that describes Wandjuk's feelings and observations as he moves between very different worlds - from the grandmaster of sacred ceremonies to the political forums and art galleries of the world. (publisher blurb)

Wandjuk Djuakan Marika (1927-1987), was born in 1927 on Bremer Island (Dhambaliya), Northern Territory, eldest son of Mawalan Marika and his wife Bamatja. Of the Dhuwa moiety, Wandjuk was a member of the Rirratjingu group of the Yolngu people. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.