We Have Survived Explained
"We Have Survived" is a song originally performed by No Fixed Address. It was composed by Bart Willoughby when he was 18.[1] It first appeared in the film Wrong Side of the Road and on its soundtrack and was later included on No Fixed Address's album From My Eyes. It has since been included in The Black Arm Bands concert murundak.
"We Have Survived" is considered to be an Aboriginal anthem[2] [3] and an "anthem of cultural persistence"[4]
In 2008 it was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry.[5]
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Notes and References
- [The Age]
- Book: Clough, Brent . Eleanor Wint, Carolyn Cooper . Bob Marley: The Man and His Music : a Selection of Papers Presented at the Conference Marley's Music, Reggae, Rastafari, and Jamaican Culture, Held at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, 5-6 February 1995 . 2003 . Arawak publications . 9789769504790 . 30 . Jamming Down-Under: Bob Marley's Legacy and Reggae Culture in Australia and New Zealand . "We Have Survived" has become an unofficial anthem of black pride and resilience. .
- Book: Dunbar-Hall, Peter . Chris Gibson . Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places. Contemporary Aboriginal Musc in Australia . 2004 . University of New South Wales Press . 9780868406220 .
- Book: Lawe Davies, Chris . Tony Bennett . Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies, Institutions . 1993 . Routledge . 9780415063692 . Aboriginal rock music: space and place .
- National Film and Sound Archive Sounds of Australia registry
