Open AccessNative Tongue by Mojo Juju
Author(s) -
Paul Murchison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new emerging scholars in australian indigenous studies.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2208-1232
DOI - 10.5130/nesais.v5i1.1568
Subject(s) - indigenous , white (mutation) , queer , identity (music) , ethnic group , context (archaeology) , anthropology , gender studies , history , visual arts , art , sociology , aesthetics , archaeology , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , gene
The following is a review of the song and accompanying video clip ‘Native Tongue’ by Mojo Juju (Luzuriaga 2018); a queer artist of mixed Indigenous Australian, white Australian and Filipino ethnicities. The song tells of her struggles with this identity in the Australian context and the video clip uses striking imagery to accompany this story. Both the song and the video successfully use elements of hip-hop and Aboriginal corroboree, combined with glitchy effects to communicate a disconnect between the artist and her confusing identity.