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Wukun Wa\u1e49ambi and Yinimala Gumana outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The differences between American and Australian cultures are evident across people, places, and events. Being one of<\/em> the lead curators for Ma\u1e0fayin has meant that Wukun Wa\u1e49ambi has traveled to the US twice: first in April-May 2017 and again in October-November 2018. In this blog, Wa\u1e49ambi reflects on the differences between Australia and the U.S: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I first came to America, I thought of America as a no-good country. But as I walked around, I saw a lot of different types of people, Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, African-American, Chinese: all sorts of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wukun Wa\u1e49ambi in Times Square<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I went across to America, everything was all different. It amazed me how different everything is, it\u2019s not like Australia. For a start, it\u2019s all city and no bush. If you hurt yourself in Australia, the government will pay your hospital bills, but in America it\u2019s independent and you have to pay for yourself. That\u2019s another thing that\u2019s different. America excites me because it’s a different country with a different flag, different wa\u014ba<\/em> (houses), and different people. Some are tall, some are skinny, and some are fat. The National Museum of African American History and Culture really excited me because there were a lot of African and Native American people there, and the exhibits included famous musicians, sports people and celebrities who starred in films. I didn\u2019t see any celebrities, but I did see Bruce Lee\u2019s star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame, which was terrific. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when I went into the museum, I saw our bark paintings and it just reminded me of back where my people come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wukun Wa\u1e49ambi and Yinimala Gumana speak at the opening of The Inside World <\/em>at the Frost Museum of Art at Florida International University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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