The Black Arm Band

Musical journey to Aboriginal heart, Sydney Morning Herald, 31/12/2007

31 December 2007

Who would have thought conservative historian Geoffrey Blainey would inadvertently provide the name for a music group? Calling yourselves the Black Arm Band is wryly subversive, given its members are mostly indigenous singers, songwriters and performers.

It's one way of reclaiming a phrase that has become associated with a "blame and shame" view of history.

- Joyce Morgan, Sydney Morning Herald

 

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