
The Inward Migration in Apocalyptic Times – Alexis Wright
Emergence Magazine Podcast
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Oblivia on the Other Side of Apocalypse
In this one book, what remains for Oblivia on the other side of Apocalypse is her sovereignty of mine. I always think of my writing as having grown out of the everyday stories, dreams and voices of our people,. And these stories are entwined with the ancestral stories that all of our people safeguard - the land, sea, skies and atmosphere of our traditional home. Among them is my great storytelling grandmother who gave me the freedom and space to think and to imagine for myself. There were many phenomenal elders who authorised and oversaw many of us in our campaigns for the return of traditional lands for Aboriginal South government and Central Australia.
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