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Talking TAPA: Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland at Museum of Brisbane
July 24, 2009 at 10am to October 11, 2009 at 5pm
" Talking TAPA: Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland showcases the diversity of Pacific Islander cultural practices, heritage and visual iconography through this exhibition exploring the beaten bark cloth known as tapa.
Tapa which is mainly made from…
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Talking TAPA: Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland
24 July - 11 October 2009
Museum of Brisbane
http://www.museumofbrisbane.com.au/Exhibitions/Current/Current/tabid/66/Default.aspx?ItemId=44
Authors: Terence Brady and Evan Jones.
This book covers, in somewhat more detail, the same ground as the BBC2 dramatised documentary series The Fight Against Slavery. Terence Brady wrote the book with the script-writer for that series, Evan Jones.
In 1750 John Newton set sail for West Africa from Liverpool. He was on the first leg of the 'Triangular trade'. His cargo of cheap cloth, brandy, muskets, kettles, mirrors, and glass beads would be used to buy two hundred human beings. Shackled together, in a hold forty feet by fifteen and five feet high, many of these men, women and children would die. The terrible journey known as the Middle Passage lasted about sixty days, and during it, or during the 'seasoning' period on the plantations, fifty per cent of the original cargo was expected to perish. But there were still enormous profits to be made - the slaves were replaced by West Indian produce, above all by sugar, and the final leg back to Liverpool was run. John Newton later became a minister of the church and an abolitionist. It was reports of men like him which stimulated opposition to a barbarous and immoral trade - but initially it was only a small band who fought to end the system. They were lead by the frail and gentle William Wilberforce and supported in parliament by Pitt the Younger and Charles James Fox. At a time when the means of mass communication were in their infancy, and with much of the power and wealth of the country lined up against them, they conducted a campaign of mass protest. After a long struggle it lead to the end of an infamous trade, in which Britain had made vast profits and Africa had lost forty million men, women and children.
The Old African Blasphemer
One Man's Property
A Matter of Insurance
Tight Packers and Loose Packers
A Grateful Peasantry
Free Paper Come
Aftermath
cheers: Ross
At the Suncorp Piazza South Bank - January 31st 2009
This concert is the culmination of a project developed by BEMAC funded by the Australia Council which provided the opportunity for Rob Hirst, (Midnight Oil), Yani (direct from Channel 7 Choir Competition and notable Brisbane performer), Roz Pappalardo (Women In Docs) New Zealand Recording Artist Merenia, Bukk City Rapper (Melbourne) to engage with young Sudanese, Somalian and Tongan migrants and refugees to exchange culture and music, then perform together in an amazing cultural exchange, unique to Australia. We acknowledge the support of the South Bank Corporation, and the Federal Government through the Australia Council.
Tickets available from BEMAC $ 10. Phone 33914433 to book.
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