'Just keep walking': Archie Roach, the voice Australia needed to hear

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As a member of the stolen generations, Archie Roach put his ''deeply personal'' stories to music and became an advocate for Indigenous Australians, giving a voice to others that had experienced the same pain | theMoop_mb

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Archie Roach emerged on Australia's music scene in 1991 and has had a profound impact that goes well beyond the power of his music.As a member of the stolen generations, Roach put his ''deeply personal'' stories to music and became an advocate for Indigenous Australians, giving a voice to others that had experienced the same pain of being forcibly removed from family and country.

Archie Roach says their has been some movement in perceptions:"People have grown, they understand a bit more about things, about First Peoples in particular."At the age of 15 he received a letter from his sister in Sydney. He made the difficult decision to leave the security of his home and travel by foot to find the siblings he'd been separated from for more than 10 years.

“I wasn’t quite sure what was going on with the ARIAs," Roach said earlier this year, recalling his first stroll down the red carpet. "It was on the harbour in Sydney and it was all a bit strange at first. I remember Ruby saying ‘just keep walking’ and there was a lot of artist there that I admire." In that same year, he won two of the four categories for which he was nominated.

 

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theMoop_mb Legend 👍

theMoop_mb Receiving the accolades he so richly deserves

theMoop_mb This is what has happened to natives when foreigners have ruled native lands since first illegal contact. The British community of Australians, such as the ScoMos, continue with their evil to this day to the pure blood and the soil Indigenous Australians.

theMoop_mb Stolen Generation was a horrible thing to happen but it is time to pull up socks and play football like Adam Goodes

theMoop_mb Love Archie, I meet the Dalai Lama and Mohammed Ali and believe Archie is their Peer

theMoop_mb And yet He’s managed to carve out a pretty good career One wonders if the same opportunities would have been afforded him had he stayed in a tribal situation and been neglected Just a thought

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