Jen Cloher is Māori (Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Kahu) and Pākehā. They are a song-writer and performer living on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm (Melbourne). Jen joins us ahead of her solo Australian tour in June and July.
We chat about:
Being multiracial as opposed to biracial
Growing up away from Aotearoa
Those awkward and joyful moments when reconnecting to culture
The “colonised critical parent”
What is a marae?
Whanau is so much bigger than immediate family
How their reconnection journey permeated their latest album, Ko Au Te Awa, Ko Te Awa Ko Au - I Am The River, The River Is Me
Legal personhood of the Whanganui River
Te Ataarangi and the Kōhunga Reo (language nest) movement
Being takatāpui
Links:
https://everybodystryingpodcast.com/
Mana Takatāpui (Official Video)
Hirini Melbourne & Marlon Williams
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Jen Cloher
Song: Mana Takatāpui byJen Cloher
Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga
Special thanks to Jen and Milk Records for letting us use Mana Takatāpui in this episode
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nation.
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