Rom Watangu | Galarrwuy Yunupingu | The Monthly | 5th July 2016

An astonishing piece of writing by one of Australia’s most respected indigenous leaders. Reflections in old age on history and politics and culture. “Let us be who we are – Aboriginal people in a modern world – and be proud of us. Acknowledge that we have survived the worst that the past had thrown at us, and we are here with our songs, our ceremonies, our land, our language and our people – our full identity. What a gift this is that we can give you, if you choose to accept us”