Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s “final message” has echoed from his beloved Yolngu country to the top of the Australian music charts – his posthumous final album now the first Indigenous-language release to be the nation’s bestselling album.
The album, Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow), a selection of songs recorded over more than four years, was released nine months after Gurrumul’s death.
Gurrumul’s daughter Jasmine Yunupingu paid tribute to her father’s achievement. “I would like to give a speech on behalf of my family and myself, to my father’s achievement that he has had a great career,” she said. “For sharing our culture through his music. That he will remain in our hearts together.”
