Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archie Roach, the legendary Indigenous Australian artist whose song "Took the Children Away" was recognized with a Human Rights ...

The writer of ‘Took the Children Away’ delivers a memoir of his Stolen Generations childhood and an album of formative songs ...

Six months after his death at age 66, legendary Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung) and Bundjalung singer-songwriter and activist Archie Roach has been posthumously awarded a Companion of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The artists will perform songs from across Roach’s acclaimed career, including ‘Took The Children Away’, ‘Weeping in the Forest’, ...

His song “Took the Children Away,” inspired by his childhood, shook Australians into confronting a grim era when their government tore apart Aboriginal families. By Alex Traub One day in 1970, Archie ...

Arrernte/Gurindji singer-songwriter Dan Sultan has covered the late Archie Roach‘s monumental song ‘Took the Children Away’ as the latest entry in Mushroom Group‘s ongoing Mushroom 50 project. His ...

When Archie Roach was 3 or 4, welfare officers came to take him away from his family in southeastern Australia. His aunt tried to scare them off with a gun, and his cousins tried to hide him under a ...

Archie Roach speaks with Karla Grant after the release of his memoir and album of the same name. Archie shares his life's struggles, heartache and speaks about the hope he has for Australia's future.

One day in 1970, Archie Cox’s high school English class in Melbourne, Australia, was interrupted by a voice from the intercom: “Could Archibald William Roach come to the office?” An uncanny feeling ...