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Why Warriors lie down and die Quotes From Readers In Arnhem Land the situation is dire: health is poor, unemployment rife and life short. Why Warriors provides a fresh analysis of this crisis and offers examples of how the people can once again take control of their own lives. Finding the real cause of this crisis requires the reader to look at it from the other side of the cultural/language divide - the side where the Yolngu people live. Why Warriors takes us to that side. Why Warriors Lie Down and Die is essential reading for anyone interested in indigenous peoples. It provides hope and new direction for those simply searching for answers as to why "the problems" seem to persist in Aboriginal communities. It also offers insights for those who want a greater understanding of the issues involved in achieving true reconciliation. THIS IS WHAT SOME READERS HAVE HAD TO SAY ABOUT Why Warriors Lie Down and Die (All persons quoted below have given their permission for their quotes to appear.) ******************* " I have just finished reading your book, Why Warriors Lie Down and Die. I enjoyed it greatly. A few years back I did a comparative study between Native Americans and Indigenous Australians, reaching similar conclusions about control and well-being." Mark Moran, PhD Student 10/2/03 "I read it and thought 'My God, my perception of things is different from what it was before I read this book'. As a consequence, I dealt with David Gulpilil more sensibly and sensitively than I would have." Rolf De Heer, Movie Producer in an article, "This book is not just relevant to the Australian situation but seems to me as significant as such classics of colonialism and it's after-effects as Franz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth and Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa." "Although I was well aware of the history of the treatment of Aboriginal Australians by the 'dominant culture', and thought I knew something about the process of cultural colonialism, I found the book took me into areas which I just had not thought about in sufficient detail." Steven Mackie, New College - Edinburgh, Scotland, 6/04/01 "I was challenged to realise that even after living for 12 years at Elcho (Island), I had little knowledge of much that you have explained... I was totally challenged by it and very thrilled that at last something of real value has been written about the struggles the Yolngu face. I didn't understand their confusion, even when living there." Barbara Gullick (nurse), 8/04/01 "I am stunned. What a fascinating work, how much effort, thought and dedication and commitment have gone towards it. I do hope it will become obligatory reading for every 'white' Australian." Irena Karabut, 4/04/01 "I found it absolutely riveting and astonishing - it broke my heart actually - and I wish I could make it compulsory reading for every year 11 and 12 high school students." Margaret Thorsborne, "What impressed me was the change it made from the Australian media attitude to Aboriginal affairs: that reconciliation equals a few words from a politician, and that everything is the fault of the government. I pray that intelligent understanding will become the norm in Australia's future." Adrian Morgan, 24/02/01 "Your book came at a very important time in my life. It has given me new enthusiasm, vision, purpose and I am now very clear about what I need to do..." Louise Olsen, teacher - Maningrida, 4/02/01 "I have found so many answers to issues that have been burning in my mind for a long time. It also serves to recreate the level of leadership our young people, myself included, have for so long either shunned or totally disobeyed. At a time when new leadership for Aboriginal people is being hotly discussed across our nation." Jeff Nelson, 8/11/00 "Your book is the best in its class. I have not come across a text that presents deep concepts in simple layman's terms. For that matter I have not come across anything that compares with it." To add your comments please email us at nhulun@ards.com.au |
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