Wisdom Man
Clarke, Banjo
Sold by Anima Books, Fort Washington, MD, U.S.A.
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Add to basketSold by Anima Books, Fort Washington, MD, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 7 January 2014
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketThe life of the Aboriginal teacher and ambassador to the modern word, Banjo Clarke, gives an insider's view of the history of oppression of the Aboriginal people of Australia, little known to those of us in the US, and an introduction to the philosophies and world-view of the Aboriginal culture.
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Wisdom Man covers Banjo’s life from his childhood on a mission, through the grim years of the Depression, his solo travels in search of work, the birth of his eleven children, and his embrace of the Baha’i faith, which he found very close to Aboriginal spirituality. His story is one of remarkable forbearance during terrible encounters with racism, cruelty and the loss of loved ones, and is made all the more extraordinary by his lack of bitterness and anger. Wisdom Man also distils the essence of Aboriginal culture: Banjo constantly points to those aspects which he sees as relevant to all humanity, particularly in terms of our relationship with the land. Banjo Clarke embodied the spirit of reconciliation in its most generous and forgiving form, espousing and living it long before it was given a name, long before it became fashionable.
Includes a foreword by former prime minister Malcolm Fraser, who knew Banjo, and tributes by Archie Roach, Martin Flanagan, Judith Durham, among others – a sample of the wide range of people whose lives he touched. Countless people from all over the world came to Warrnambool to seek him out, and his door was always open to the homeless and the troubled.
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