Identity dies when tongues are silenced (fwd link)

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Identity dies when tongues are silenced

Geoff Maslen
April 5, 2011
Australia

Warwuyu ngarranha

mulkana

ngarraku bäpawu

ngurunguna guni-pun

harayu . . .

SO SINGS blind Aboriginal artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who was
born on Elcho Island, off Arnhem Land, in one of his haunting songs,
Bäpa. His words in the Yolngu language translate as:

Grief has taken hold of me

for my father

when the sun sets. . .

Access full article below:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/identity-dies-when-tongues-are-silenced-20110404-1cyej.html