Reggae- Shellie Morris Aboriginal song - Love and Courage

Love and Courage was written by Shellie Morris, Glen Heald and Debra Leasy Poe, it was a collaboration between Australian Aboriginals and African refugees from Liberia. Many thanks to Lou Bennett who can be heard with Shellie and everyone else that participated in the performance.

The Live show was a collaboration between three of the most respected female indigenous vocalists in Australia and six Darwin-based Liberian ladies who were refugees from Liberia.

"They are the torture and trauma victims, you don't want to know what they've been through," says vocalist and creative director Shellie Morris. "But this [performance] is positive, this is about hope."

All of the women have a story to tell, whether it's Shellie who didn't meet her family until 11 years ago, or many of the Liberian women who fled their country leaving their family behind.

Leasy Deborah Poe has only just been reunited with her eight year old daughter last month.

"July 4th it was, I was so happy to see her. She had been in Guinea in a refugee camp with my sister. I didn't see her for five years," Leasy says.

But the exhilaration before the performance over rode any memories of sadness, "I am very excited, this is like my first public appearance, I'm very much excited," says Leasy.

There are many similarities between the women's stories says Shellie and the collaboration of these women is also a source of strength and power for each other.

Audio and Video Recorded and produced by Glen Heald
thanks to Julian for the horns, Mattew Holt trombone and Geoff barett bass and once again all the ladies for their Vocals

Visit Shellie Morris at her official website http://www.shelliemorris.com. or see Shellie Morris' work with children in remote Australian Aboriginal communities at http://www.indigenousworkshop.com
and also Shellie's Guitar player Glen Heald at http://www.glenheald.com

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• Aboriginal music
• Australian Aboriginal Music
• indigenous music
• Australian indigenous music
• Shellie Morris
• Australian Female singer
• Aboriginal songwriter
• Aboriginal female singer
• Aboriginal Australian song
• Glen Heald
• Australian reggae music
• Liberian music
• female acoustic music
• Liberian reggae
• Aboriginal song

[nequebah]

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[nequebah]

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[robbie69612]

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[jup973]

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[molinmusic]

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[SweatedWorkshop]

Beautiful work! i love it. Inspiring and heartening.