My People by Oodgeroo 2
Type
Paperback
Author
ISBN
9780730391098
Published
October 20, 2020
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
Number of Pages
144
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My People by Oodgeroo 2
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Oodgeroo's writing has a unique place in Australian literature. When her poetry was first published in the 1960s, Kath Walker, as she was known then, provided a brave new voice for marginalised Aboriginal Australians. For the first time, an Aboriginal Australian was analysing and judging white Australians as well as her own people. She often made provocative and passionate pleas for justice:
We want hope, not racialism,Brotherhood, not ostracism,Black advance, not white ascendance:Make us equals, not dependants.
This collection of poetry and prose is a reminder of Oodgeroo's contribution to Indigenous culture and the journey toward reconciliation. All Australians should be proud of this poet who dedicated her life to her people and her land.
We want hope, not racialism,Brotherhood, not ostracism,Black advance, not white ascendance:Make us equals, not dependants.
This collection of poetry and prose is a reminder of Oodgeroo's contribution to Indigenous culture and the journey toward reconciliation. All Australians should be proud of this poet who dedicated her life to her people and her land.
Every single one of these poems are filled with depth, truth and great perspective. I loved there rawness and realness - I thought and felt very deeply the whole time was I was reading these poems.
