"Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country," Pt.5, with Ruby Langford Ginibi, Sam Watson, and Samuel Wagan Watson

Date
2009-05-10
Interviewer: Wachtel, Eleanor
Host: Wachtel, Eleanor
Interviewee: Ginibi, Ruby Langford
Interviewee: Watson, Sam, 1952-2019
Interviewee: Watson, Samuel Wagan, 1972-
Producer: Rabinovitch, Sandra
Producer: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Description

Writers & Company wraps up the series "Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country." This episode starts with an interview with acclaimed author and historian Ruby Langford Ginibi. Find out why many people consider her to be an icon of survival and power for the Aboriginal people. Also on the program, Eleanor talks with activist Sam Watson and poet Samuel Wagan Watson - well-known writers in Australian Aboriginal culture. The father-son duo takes listeners on an in-depth journey into their unique works.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (51 min., 55 sec.))
Location
Campbelltown (N.S.W.)
Brisbane (Qld.)
Subject (Geographic)
Australia
Subject
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Networks
CBC Books
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Wachtel, Eleanor. Writers & company
Authorship
Authors, Aboriginal Australian--Interviews
Ginibi, Ruby Langford
Totems
Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology)
Ginibi, Ruby Langford. Don't take your love to town
Women, Aboriginal Australian--Biography
Ginibi, Ruby Langford--Childhood and youth
Australia--Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.)
Poets, Aboriginal Australian--Interviews
Watson, Samuel Wagan, 1972-
Political activists, Aboriginal Australian--Interviews
Watson, Sam, 1952-2019
Aboriginal Australians
Brisbane (Qld.)
Inner cities
Watson, Samuel Wagan, 1972- Poems. Selections
Australia--Poetry
Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc.
Watson, Sam, 1952-2019. Kadaitcha sung
Rudd, Kevin, 1957-
Reparations for historical injustices--Australia
Australia--Ethnic relations
Genre
Discussion
Interviews
Poetry readings
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Writers & Company
Identifier
WritersAndCo-2009-05-10
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