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Suzi Hutchings Suzi Hutchings i(20909947 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Arrernte
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1 Indigenous Hip-hop Speaking Truth to Power Suzi Hutchings , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 240 2020; (p. 43-48)

'Protest songs have long been used across the globe and through the generations as a way for artists to share their politics. In Aboriginal hip-hop, protest lyrics express collective and individual will and indignation, a resistance to historical erasure. Bek Poetik’s music connects the personal to a shared history of oppression: At school I read books on Indigenous history / In my own time, my culture wasn’t a mystery.' (Introduction)
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