Oodgeroo Noonuccal citations

Oodgeroo Noonuccal est une poétesse, militante politique, artiste et éducatrice australienne. Elle fut aussi une militante pour les droits des peuples autochtones. Oodgeroo est surtout connue pour sa poésie, et est la première autochtone australienne à publier un recueil. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. novembre 1920 – 16. septembre 1993
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal: Citations en anglais

“I can’t afford the luxury of despair or pessimism. We still have to hope. We’re a timeless people, we’ve lived in a timeless land. We have suffered the invasion of two hundred years, and we’ll go on suffering. But we are going to survive.”

On the Aboriginal people in “‘Recording the Cries of the People’: AN INTERVIEW WITH OODGEROO (KATH WALKER)” http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1725&context=kunapipi in Kunapipi (1988)

“I’m very rich because I’m loved by all my people, it’s a very beautiful thing. No money could surpass that. The love that my people feel for me is just so tremendous. It’s a lovely feeling.”

On being accepted by her people as a spokesperson in “‘Recording the Cries of the People’: AN INTERVIEW WITH OODGEROO (KATH WALKER)” http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1725&context=kunapipi in Kunapipi (1988)