ANALYSIS: Archie Roach said 'songs outlive people' and his biggest hit will prove him right
In 1992, Archie Roach gave an interview to a radio program looking into the recent death of a 19-year-old Indigenous man in Western Australia.
Louis had a shattered pelvis, perforated bowel, broken ribs and a punctured lung. He died a few hours later."We've got to break down these stereotypes," Archie said of Louis's death. "All's I ask is why? And why can't we do something to stop anything like this ever happening again in our country?"Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Archie Roach explains the story behind his song Took the Children Away
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