Tiwi author Mavis Kerinaiua is bringing attention to the largely untold role of the Tiwi people in World War 2 in her powerful new book. Published by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, ’Tiwi war kwampini: Mwarlapwara kangi tingati (Tiwi War Hero: Footprints in the Sand) written, translated and illustrated by Mavis Kerinaiua, with support from Laura Rademaker, tells the story of Louie Purraputimali Munkara, Mavis’ grandfather, who played a pivot…
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