Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Oodgeroo′s writing is often a provocative and passionate plea forjustice. My People is a collection of poetry and prose and areminder of Oodgeroo′s contributionto indigenous culture and thejourney to reconciliation.

My People

Kill to Eat

Kath Walker

A collection of poetry which tells of the aborigine people of Australia.

A Kath Walker Collection

La raccolta poetica My People (1970) di Oodgeroo Noonuccal, oggi considerata un “classico” della letteratura postcoloniale, è qui tradotta in italiano per la prima volta. Questa antologia dà voce al popolo aborigeno australiano, marginalizzato, decimato e sfrattato dalla sua stessa terra con l’arrivo dei colonizzatori. La poesia di Oodgeroo recupera e riscrive le tradizioni orali e culturali aborigene, rivendicando nel contempo i diritti negati dalle politiche governative. Oodgeroo è la prima poetessa aborigena della storia. Il suo iter letterario ha inizio a metà degli anni Sessanta con la raccolta d’esordio We Are Going, pubblicata col nome anglosassone Kath Walker e poi confluita in My People. Oltre alla traduzione italiana integrale, questa edizione a cura di Margherita Zanoletti offre un’introduzione contestuale e testuale e un testo inedito in italiano della scrittrice indigena Alexis Wright.

Con un testo di: Alexis Wright

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We are Going

Father Sky and Mother Earth: Braille

Father Sky and Mother Earth filled the world with plants and animals, and everyone lived in peace and happiness ... until Human Animals came along with their noise, rubbish, smoke and oil. This cautionary story, accompanied by colourful illustrations on every facing page, has a happy ending. Discover how the worried Human Animals stop the destruction. This new edition of Father Sky and Mother Earth, published 15 years after Oodgeroo's death, contains a vital message as relevant today as it was when the story was first published in 1981.

Father Sky and Mother Earth

Celebrate the work of one of Australia’s foremost Aboriginal poets with this timeless illustrated storybook Father Sky and Mother Earth created a beautiful world. They filled the world with plants and animals, and everyone lived in peace and happiness … until Human Animals came along with their noise, rubbish, smoke and oil. The animals ran away and plants began to die. This cautionary story, accompanied by colourful illustrations, has a happy ending. Discover how the worried Human Animals stop the destruction. This 4th edition of Father Sky and Mother Earth contains a vital message that is as relevant today as it was when the story was first published 40 years ago.This special edition brings this vital book back into print in time for NAIDOC week.

"... The first book of poems to be published by an Australian aboriginal" -- Foreword.

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