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Williams, Mumu Mike: Kulinmaya! Keep listening, everybody!, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest 2019, ISBN 9781760524425

Table of Contents        ¦         Cover Text        ¦         Review⁄Abstract

Table of Contents

Introduction -1-

Irititja. Early life -3-

Nganampa Tjukurpa. Our Tjukurpa -31-

Canvas munu kulata. Canvas and spears -49-

"I'm still making kulata every day" by Sammy Dodd -56-

Walkatjunanyi. Writing as artform -73-

Aalpiri nyuwana. Working on mailbags -89-

Kulata. The old men and their spears are guarding their culture -121-

Itjinpiri. Itjinpiri past and present -137-

Waru pitjantja. The way fire was returned - 189-

Australia, palya? Essay by Hetti Kemerre Perkins -192-

Contributors -200-

Glossary -206-

List of works -208-

Acknowledgements -210-

Index -212-

Cover Text

"I want my book to be in schools and read by politicians and young people everywhere, so that they can learn about Tjukurpa Law, and realise how crucially important Tjukurpa is to Anangu Aboriginal people. Our Tjukurpa Law is all-encompassing. It was always intended to be eternal, but we know it is at risk. This is why I am documenting it now. I want to raise people's consciousness. I want us to be acknowledged by the wider society and the government. I am hoping to start a movement of new awareness." Mumu Mike Williams Celebrating the powerful and distinctive art of senior Mimili artist Mumu Mike Williams, this book tells the story, in both Pitjantjatjara and English, of his life and art and the struggle for land rights in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands of Central Australia.