In this announcer spotlight, we revisit an article written by Sarah Occhino and first published in our biannual member magazine, Easey Mag, December 2016 edition. Since the first publication of this article, Stani has been the focus of a documentary called Africa On Air. This documentary is about to be screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on Sunday May 23 at Cinema Nova.
We hope you enjoy reading this fascinating glimpse into veteran PBS announcer, the much loved and widely applauded Stani Goma of Flight 1067 to Africa. And encourage you to get along to the screening of Africa On Air!
Stani Goma’s Flight 1067 to Africa has been around for some twenty-five years but the self-described ‘Peebs dinosaur’ is all but prehistoric in his curatorship.
Stani Goma’s path to Australia wasn’t like most.
He arrived in Australia in 1989, not directly from his native Republic of Congo, but from China where he’d been studying pharmacy.
That year saw events unfold in Tiananmen Square, with the unrest sparking concern among his peers. The decision to leave for Australia was not entirely his own.
“The decision was made by a group of friends, fellow students in China during the unrest,” he tells SBS News in French.
“Some of them ended up leaving Australia but I remained; I got stuck in Melbourne.”
Stani was studying in China before he came to Australia.
Femi Kuti and son
Legacy +.
Legendary activist and Afrobeat originator,
Fela Kuti, used his music to lament social injustices and political corruption in his native Nigeria. Fela’s legacy spans decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip-hop, rock, and beyond. While this impact can be felt in Nigeria and the entire world, it also greatly affected Fela’s son Femi and his grandson Made, both of whom carry his legacy as torchbearers for change.
Legacy + comprises Femi s
For(e)ward. Both albums that make up Legacy + are steeped in the tradition of Afrobeat invented by Fela, but each also offers their own unique vision. Femi’s