Paperback / softback. New. In the early 1990s, the Australian band Yothu Yindi rose to national prominence with hit songs like 'Treaty' and 'DjAzAzpana' that would become part of Australia's cultural fabric. ISBN 1920899340 9781920899349 [GB]

ISBN10: 1920899340, ISBN13: 9781920899349, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In the early 1990s, the Australian band Yothu Yindi rose to national prominence with hit songs like 'Treaty' and 'Djäpana' that would become part of Australia's cultural fabric. With its distinctive blend of global popular styles and rare Indigenous traditions from remote Arnhem Land, international acclaim soon followed, as did a swathe of industry awards and the naming of band's main singer and songwriter, Mandawuy Yunupingu, as Australian of the Year for 1992. Yothu Yindi stood as an icon of the Aboriginal Reconciliation movement at a time when Australia's legal and political institutions were starting to recognise their past injustices against Indigenous Australians and the continuing native title over the lands they inhabited. But how well do we know Yothu Yindi and its songs Or the culture, history and politics of the remote tropical region in Australia's Northern Territory that shaped its musicians and their music
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2009]
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