Gumbaynggirr Language learning, sharing and teaching | Free Palestine Rally speeches | 'Nice Black Aussies', a long-format podcast series exploring African-Australia.

Monday, 8 July 2024 - 6:00am to 7:30am

 3CR Monday Breakfast is broadcast from 3CR on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. 

 Part 1 of an extended interview with Birrugan Dunn-Velasco, Indigenous language worker, based in Gumbaynggirr Country in the town of Nambucca Heads, about his personal connection to language and reflections as a language worker at the Muurrbay Language Centre and the Gumbaynggirr Gingana Freedom School that started in 2022//

 Speeches from two staunch local Palestinian organisers Mai Saif & Nour Salman, addressing the attendees of the weekly Free Palestine Rally, after the march at the steps of Victorian Parliament. You can attend the snap rally in support of Fatima Payman this Thursday at 6pm, Labour Party VIC headquarters - 438 Docklands Drive, Docklands//

 Part 2 of the interview with Birrugan, with his perspective on who language is for in First Nations spaces, the dream of a 'Goori Renaissance' and some personal reflections on NAIDOC Week//

 An interview with Chris Sebuliba, producer of the Incuriosity Complex podcast, whose first season 'Nice Black Aussies' will be featured on 3CR from 7:30pm on Tuesday evenings for the next several weeks. The podcast is in long-format narrative style, featuring in-depth interviews with local African Australians against the backdrop of a yearly African cultural festival, and investigates the multifaceted experiences of Africans in the diaspora. We discuss his background in academia, and subsequent process of research, learning and production for the series. Check out the podcast here//

Music:
Yurala - Spinifex Gum
Midas - Mo'Ju