Artist:Mau Power

Mau Power is a lyrical storyteller from Thursday Island in the Torres Straits. He is the first rapper to tour from this part of Australia & for many years he has been guided by two cultures, Indigenous culture and Hip Hop culture. “The only way for me to tell the story of how these cultures entwine and connect is for me to tell my own story.” The result is Mau Power’s new album, The Show Will Go On. The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands that lie in the beautiful turquois waterway’s separating The Cape York Peninsula (The Northern tip of Australia) and New Guinea. Thursday Island is around 4.5 square kilometers of tropical terrain, still governed by Indigenous knowledge; it is a place where song and dance has played an integral role in the survival of cultural traditions. Rewind 20 years to a place called Homeboy’s Court. A basketball court edged by Pandanus & Mango trees, where the plant life has been cleared and the hard clay ground evened. Underneath ...