Poem

Didjeridu (de Paor translation)

Title	Didjeridu (de Paor translation)
Author	Louis de Paor

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Gobán Cré is Cloch: Sentences of Earth and Stone	1996	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3058

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Gobán Cré is Cloch: Sentences of Earth and Stone
Date of Publication	1996
Publisher	Black Pepper Publishing (Australia)
Page Number(s)	18, 20

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in Australia (pre 20th century)
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland)
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Didjeridu
Original Author	Louis de Paor
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The domination of Aboriginal Australian cultures by white settlers, including the Irish. The song of the didjeridu used to convey the history of colonisation and suffering inflicted by settlers. Poem that seeks to remind Irish people of the other side of our colonial history - as colonizers.

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