'The aim of this article is to reexamine Mudrooroo's novel 'The Undying' (1998) through the prism of the concept of "black Atlantic" which I borrow from Gilroy and propose to transpose to a "black Pacific." This paradigm shift has the potential to eschew the pitfall of a bifocal approach (black v. white) and to take into consideration a larger and more complex set of cultural coordinates which have had an impact on the shaping of Aboriginal identity.' (Publication abstract)