Manikay.Com Reading Library

• North Australian Aboriginal Music
  by Jill Stubington, Ph.D
  
  
• Issues of Authenticity: When is a didjeridu not a yirdaki?
  Issues of authenticity, commodification and control of an Australian Aboriginal artifact in the global economy.
  by Guan Y. Lim
• The 'family' concept and Yolngu/Balanda relations
  So what is it when Yolngu say, "You're our son" or, "You call me mother" or "See that Balanda over there, he's my brother" ?
  by Peter Lister
• Yolngu cosmology and identity in brief
  The role of this brief article is to clarify and discuss some terms and to dispel some of the myths and fallacies about the Yolngu world present in recent and popular print.
  by Peter Lister
  
  

• Writing, reading and pronouncing Yolngu languages
  We've all seen Yolngu words written on various websites and in books or on CD liner notes, but how do we pronounce those words and what is the correct way of spelling them?
  by Peter Lister

See also:

• Garma Festival Yidaki Statement
  Garma Festival Website
• The Didjeridu in Maningrida
  by Murray Garde
  Maningrida Arts and Culture Website
• Basic Didjeridu Accompaniment "Type A" from Western Arnhem Land
  by Ed Drury
  Beginner's Heart Website
• Yidaki Playing Technique in North East Arnhem Land: An Interview with Guan Lim
  by Ed Drury
  Beginner's Heart Website
• Determinants of Didjeridu Style in Traditional and Popular Yolngu Song
  by Steven Knopoff
  Wicked Sticks Website
  

Books:

• Music
  • The Didjeridu: From Arnhem Land to Internet
  • Genesis Regained: Aboriginal Forms of Renunciation in Judeo-Christian Scriptures and Other Major Traditions (Includes CD of Groote Eylandt music recorded in 1969)
  • Afterlife Before Genesis: An Introduction: Accessing the Eternal through Australian Aboriginal Music (Music from the above CD is discussed and transcribed)
• Other
  • Aboriginal Reconciliation and the Dreaming: Warramiri Yolngu and the Quest for Equality
  • The Yolngu and Their Land: A System of Land Tenure and the Fight for Its Recognition: A System of Land Tenure and the Fight for Its Recognition
  • Wandjuk Marika: Life Story
  • People of the Rivermouth: The Joborr Texts of Frank Gurrmanamana
  • Aboriginal Austrailians: Spirit of Arnhem Land
    
  • Yirawala: Painter of the Dreaming
  • Faces in the Sun: Outback Journeys