AustLit

'Indigenous autobiography is a flourishing genre, but few of their authors are or have been political figures.2 Warren Mundine—at various times a shire councillor, president of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and unsuccessful Liberal Party candidate—is the most seasoned Indigenous political figure yet to attempt an autobiography. Warren Mundine in Black + White: Race, Politics and Changing Australia, Mundine’s memoir of his family, marriages and political career, is also his incomplete political manifesto.3 Mundine is not looking back in tranquillity; he is in the midst of a political career that could yet see him in the Australian Parliament. His book is written with the confidence of someone who is frequently before the public, a respected and at times iconoclastic commentator on public affairs.' (Introduction)