Isaac Yama Isaac Yama i(A111048 works by) (a.k.a. Isaac Yamma)
; Died: Ceased: Jan 1990
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara
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BiographyHistory

Isaac Yama was labelled the father, or sometimes the godfather, of central desert music. During the late sixties he played with the Areyonga Desert Tigers. Born by a waterhole near Docker River, in the Petermann Range near the Western Australian border, Yama was a singer and songwriter, who only performed in the Pitjantjatjara language.

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