Publisher's Synopsis
This autobiography chronicles Roberta Sykes increasing politicization and involvement in the Black movement through to an invitation from Harvard to take up postgraduate study. The text follows her return to Australia and her life as an activist and her appointment to the "Nation Review", as Australia's first Aboriginal columnist. Also covered is an ill-fated road trip with Germaine Greer and Roberta's role as a central figure in a country struggling to come to terms with its history.