If you’re wondering what Adelaide Chronicles is all about you can find out here from my little spoken word piece. The picture of me is from when I had my hair shaved to support and raise money for people living with leukemia.
In 2023 Born on Monday choir sang the famous song Free Nelson Mandela for a documentary on the apartheid era for the SA History Trust. It was recorded in the old Nile Street Waterside workers Hall. Ella and Anthony Pakpoy, the choir leaders arranged the song to suit the project and the music from the choir, pictured provided a back drop sound to some of the old posters that were…
I gave Claire some words and she put this lovely song together Adelaide Chronicles Song (Lyrics only) By Claire Gurry ©2023 Chorus: Adelaide’s Adelaide chronicles, our stories unfold Kaurna Country, long history told Adelaide chronicles, wisdom connections Adelaide chronicles, we’ve futures to grow… Which way will we go? Verse: Resisting by stitching and poetry, The wonder of plants and bees Dolphins and whales and clean water tales, justice for…
Adelaide born Mike Khizam is a long time anti-war campaigner and advocate for justice for Palestine. He was convenor of the movement against the Iraq War in 1990/91 and convenor of NOWAR (SA) during the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11. He is currently a member of the Australian Friends of Palestine Association executive and its spokesperson. Part 1 of an interesting chat about current affairs in Israel and…
part 1 of a fascinating look at the long history behind Israel and Palestine with local historian Dr David Faber, which has special significance since recent events part 2 is a few minutes of reflection on the futility of war and starts with me saying I’m a subscriber of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot
Here are 3 songs sung by an Adelaide pop up choir. The first song, Voice! was written by the wonderful Suze Pratten. In just a couple of hours she taught and lead us to sing 3 songs for the yes vote. They are all songs that will resonate past the 14th of October referendum. Suze is a highly skilled, enthusiastic singing facilitator and performer who is passionately committed to…
An interesting conversation with two passionate supporters of the yes vote Jonathan and Janeen Barker’s compelling argument for a yes. Below is the unadorned text written by First Nations people asking for Australians to come together. ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, coming from all points of the southern sky, make this statement from the heart: Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes…
Gonda Perez was known as Phyllis Naidoo’s daughter and here from South Africa, Gonda is talking about her and what an amazing woman she was.
Sybil Wakefield was born in Cape Town in 1941, and grew up in District Six, a vibrant, inner city multicultural area for so-called Coloured people. Sybil began her teaching career in Cape Town in the 1960s, and began voicing concerns about the racist education system with the education department. Sybil’s family lived with the harsh realities of the Apartheid era, the racist laws determining where people of different backgrounds…
Anti-Apartheid activist Irene Gale talks about her lifelong friendship with Phyllis Naidoo, and friend Dennis Brutus, how the Gale family arrived in Chicago on the day that Steve Biko was killed, Dennis set up a Steve Biko Memorial Committee at the North Western University (where Jim Gale studied with him as one of his students) and together with many thousands of citizens and student they ended up being able to…
