Key Points
- Ipinanganak at lumaki si Emily Wurramara sa Groote Eylandt sa Northern Territory, at nang siya’y anim na taong gulang, lumipat ang kanilang pamilya sa Brisbane.
- Sa kanyang kabataan, naranasan niyang hindi tanggap ng ilang miyembro ng komunidad ng mga Pilipino ang kanyang pagka-Pilipino.
- Sa kabila ng mga hamon, buong pagmamalaki ng ngayo’y Tasmania-based singer-songwriter ang kanyang pagiging Aboriginal Australian at Pilipino — dalawang kulturang aniya’y bumubuo sa kanyang pagkatao at nagsisilbing inspirasyon ng kanyang musika.
Ibinahagi ng nakabase na ngayon sa Tasmania na singer-songwriter ang magagandang alaala nang kanyang paglaki at maging mga hamon na kinaharap bilang isang Aboriginal at Filipino Australian.
Many people found it hard to believe that I was also Filipino. In high school, I’d even bring my dad to show them — he’s from La Carlota, Negros Occidental. Growing up, that was tough, but as I got older, I learned to fully embrace who I am — an Aboriginal Filipino woman living between two worlds. It can be challenging, but I’m proud of my heritage.Emily Wurramara, a proud Anindilyakwa-Filipino Visayan woman
For Emily, music is culturally from both traditions and from the cultures of both her Aboriginal Ausralian and Filipino parents, and plays such a huge part for her indigenous people who have been practising music for generations and, it's in the environment. Credit: Tony Mott
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