Geoff’s guest today is an Indigenous elder. A Yolngu lore man from Yirrikala in Arnhem Land, the far north of Australia, Mr. Timmy Djawa Burarrwanga. A rare chance to hear a traditional lore man speak from the heart about his traditional life and what has transformed it. Timmy discusses himself. his upbringing, his relationship to the land, his spirituality, his experience of white people, his sorrows, joys and hopes for the future, and about living between the worlds of Yolgnu and Balander.
Geoff’s guest today is an Indigenous elder. A Yolngu lore man from Yirrikala in Arnhem Land, the far north of Australia, Mr. Timmy Djawa Burarrwanga. A rare chance to hear a traditional lore man speak from the heart about his traditional life and what has transformed it. Timmy discusses himself. his upbringing, his relationship to the land, his spirituality, his experience of white people, his sorrows, joys and hopes for the future, and about living between the worlds of Yolgnu and Balander.