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'In the 1960s Oodgeroo Noonuccal (then Kath Walker) hit the literary limelight as Australia’s first published ‘Aboriginal poet’ and since then Aboriginal writers have used their work as a form of self-definition and to defend our rights to our identity. Many authors are inspired by the need to redress historical government definitions of Aboriginality, to reclaim pride in First Nation status, to explain the diversity of Aboriginal experience, and to demonstrate the realities and complexities of ‘being Aboriginal’ in the 21st century.'
Source: Author's introduction.
Notes
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Epigraph:
I am black of skin among whites,
And I am proud,
Proud of race and proud of skin.
(Walker 14)
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BlackWords : Writers on Identity
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BlackWords : Writers on Identity
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BlackWords : Writers on Identity
Subjects:
- Consuming Reality 1998 selected work poetry
- Proud Coloured 1995 single work poetry
- Acceptable Coon 2000 single work poetry
- John Pat and Other Poems 1988 selected work poetry
- Fair Skin Black Fella 2010 single work short story
- My Mob, My Self 2000 single work criticism
- Am I Black Enough for You? 2012 single work autobiography
- Sister Girl : The Writings of Aboriginal Activist and Historian Jackie Huggins 1998 selected work prose interview essay biography
- Being 'One of Those' Makes Me Write 2002 single work autobiography
- Belonging Where? 1997 single work poetry
- Part the Bastard 1995 single work poetry
- Micky O: Determination. Hard Work. And a Little Bit of Magic 2012 single work autobiography
- Identity 2007 single work poetry
- Shake a Leg 2010 single work picture book
- Black Woman, Black Life 1996 selected work poetry
- Koori Pride 1996 single work poetry
- We Blackfellas 1992 single work poetry
- Tell Me Why 2004 single work picture book
- We Are Going 1964 single work poetry
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