Story-telling has always been a political act, whether intentional or not. For decades main-stream narratives about people of African heritage living in Australia have perpetuated tropes of nefarious ‘gang members’ or exceptional heroes. What is most dangerous about the status-qou is it’s distortion of our self-perception. The Black Diasporas geolocated-storytelling platform is a more nuanced representation of the 50,000+ of us living in Naarm-Melbourne: our voices telling our stories.

Designers 

Kholisile Dhliwayo and Sandra Githinji

Contributors: Alimba, Amanda, Amarachi, Amaryllis, Angela, Araba, Awale, Charity, Dozie, Esther, Eve, Fatuma, Hanad, Hope, Idil, James, Jay, Joseph, Joshua, Kwame, Mahtut, Moey, Mohammed, Monica, Naa, Nana, Nanchok, Ntombi, Nyawarga, Phillipa, Ras-Samuel, Rutendo, Sarah, Saba, Scottnes, Simon, Simone, Stephen, Yasmin, and Yong

Interviewers: Chairmaine Hunzwi, Duaa Mahmoud, Guled Abdulwasi, Ivy Mutuku, Kalu Oji, Kholisile Dhliwayo, Naa Atswei Adjei, Pokuah Frimpong, Scottness Smith, Sandra Githinji, Rungano Muzondo, Zii Nziramasanga

Film & Direction: Abdalla Omar, Abdul Yusuf, Ansam Farag, Cerina Allotey, Daniel Niva, Gideon Wilonja, Ivy Mutuku, Kalu Oji, Lilah Benetti, Scottnes Smith, Titan Debirioun for directing and filming.

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