Santilla Chingaipe Santilla Chingaipe i(16578034 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Zambian
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1 On Our Selection : Ten Critics Nominate Their Cultural Highlights for The Monthly Awards 2024 Annabel Crabb , Alison Croggon , Andrew Denton , Erik Jensen , Michael Nolan , Tony Birch , Sebastian Smee , Quentin Sprague , Kirsha Kaechele , Santilla Chingaipe , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October 2024; (p. 26-41)
— Review of Trophy Boys Emmanuelle Mattana , 2024 single work drama ; Counting and Cracking S. Shakthidharan , 2019 single work drama ; Would That Be Funny? : Growing up with John Clarke Lorin Clarke , 2023 single work autobiography ; 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem Nam Le , 2024 selected work poetry
1 form y separately published work icon Our African Roots Santilla Chingaipe , David Collins , Tony Jackson , ( dir. Tony Jackson ) Australia : Chemical Media , 2021 24412413 2021 single work film/TV

'Author and journalist Santilla Chingaipe unearths Australia's forgotten Black African history and reveals the role people of African descent played in events that shaped the nation, from the First Fleet to the Eureka Rebellion, and beyond.'

Source: Screen Australia.
1 Benched Santilla Chingaipe , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up African in Australia 2019; (p. 54-59)

'As far back as I can remember, I've always disliked team sports. Aside from the fact that I performed poorly in them — and spent most of the time bored, hungry and sitting on a bench — I thought I did better when my physical attributes were put to good use. And that only happened in track and field. I was very proud that I could run short distances at what I believed was a speed that rivalled Cathy Freeman's, and if I'm completely honest, it was the only thing I felt I was naturally good at. I was also obsessed with Marion Jones, of whom Pa see pictures in my mum's Ebony magazines. Marion Jones braided her hair just like I did, and I imagined I'd look like her when I was older and became a famous runner.'  (Introduction)
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