New play addresses indigenous language issues

Peter Austin pa2 at SOAS.AC.UK
Mon Oct 25 08:30:39 UTC 2010


Congratulations to your daughter Jeanie!

Let's hope it reaches a wide audience and gets appreciation.

Best,
Peter

On 25 October 2010 07:40, Jeanie Bell <jeanie.bell at batchelor.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
> Just a bit of extra information this play Mother's Tongue was written by my daughter Kamarra Bell Wykes.  I will be looking forward to some reveiws of the show for those who manage to see it.
>
> Cheers
> Jeanie Bell
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: RNLD Admin [mailto:contact.rnld at gmail.com]
> Sent: Mon 10/25/2010 8:37 AM
> To: r-n-l-d at unimelb.edu.au
> Subject: New play addresses indigenous language issues
>
>
> Dear RNLDers,
>
> A new play by the Yirra Yakin Aboriginal Corporation opens in Perth next week. Mother's Tongue <http://www.yirrayaakin.com.au/-MOTHER-S-TONGUE-.html>  is a contemporary Indigenous story about David and Ngala, a brother and sister trying to find their way in life after the death of their grandmother, the keeper of secrets and last custodian of the knowledge of a whole language group. After her death, David is the only person left alive that can speak his mother's tongue.
>
> Mother's Tongue will play from 29 October - 20 November 2010 at YY Theatre Space, 65 Murray Street, Perth.
>
> kind regards,
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Prof Peter K. Austin
Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics
Department of Linguistics, SOAS
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