Episode 55: Santilla Chingaipe
Tanushri Saha in conversation with Santilla Chingaipe about interrogating whiteness and centring blackness in the arts sector.
Santilla Chingaipe. Photo by Atong Atem.
Santilla Chingaipe is a journalist, filmmaker and author whose work explores migration, cultural identities and politics.
Chingaipe is a regular contributor to The Saturday Paper, and serves as a member of the Federal Government’s Advisory Group on Australia-Africa Relations (AGAAR).
The recipient of a number of awards, she was recently recognised at the United Nations as one of the most influential people of African descent in the world.
Her first book of non-fiction detailing the stories of convicts of African descent transported to the Australian penal colonies between 1788 - 1850, is due later this year through Pan MacMillan.
Edit by Rebecca Stegh
Music by Marcus Whale
Logo by Laura Pike
