Kia ora! Me pēhea koe? / Sew ngapa! Ngi migh? The first half corresponds to a language so hitched on the New Zealand culture – Māori; the latter is la language called Kala Lagaw Ya, spoken by fewer than one thousand people on the Torres Strait islands, between Queensland and Papua-New Guinea. I am so thrilled to join Breaking The Lines, with accomplished analysts and authors from English-speaking countries.

My name is Sebastián Alarcón, I come from Mexico and I feel a tremendous responsibility in keeping up with all of my colleagues, talking about this passion which gathers us to read magnificent excerpt. I want to start from Oceania, specifically Australasia.

Musical Recommendation 1

Along with the texts, there will always be music to listen while you read. Music at the Australian Aboriginal peoples has a spellbinding story. The exact moment when their instruments were created still remains as an enigma.