LET ME GROW MY WINGS
Australia’s renowned songwoman of contemporary South Sudanese music, Ajak Kwai releases the first single from her fifth studio album. With Ajak’s dedication as a passionate activist for refugees in Australia, this single is the album title track aptly called 'Let Me Grow My Wings'. Says Ajak, "My experiences in Australia inform my songs and my music. Music is a universal language – maybe one day we will forget our differences and hold the hands of one another".
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‘LET ME GROW MY WINGS'
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Director: Aaron Wilson - Producer: Margot McDonald - Director of Photography: Edward Goldner -Choreographer: Jessie Oshodi / Co-Choreographer: Edward Eshun (Shabba) - Dancers: Jessie Oshodi, Edward Eshun (Shabba), Gracieuse Amah, Nakier Chol, Nathaniel Dixon, Kwame Tosuma - Performers: Machar Mayor, Ruben Pandak, Keath Aleer, Awel Kuol, Achol Thon, Ewan Burnett, Lisa Berryman, Patrick Burnett - Costume Designer: Christiana Plitzco - Production Designer: Othello Stolfo - Editor: Cindy Clarkson - Colourist: CJ Dobson - Makeup Artist & Hair: Eve Flight - Steadicam Operator: Matt Dobson Camera - Assistant: Drew Collins - Gaffer: Candice Day - Gaffer Assistant: Daniel Irman Fazian - Production Co-ordinator: Hannah Sainty - Production Assistant: Harry Brockhoff - Unit Manager: Karlos Demmler - Online: Aaron Wilson - VFX Artists: Rob Ride & Dylan Kulinski - Post-Production Facility: AIRBAG - Post Facility Liaisons: Nick Venn & Martin Box - Camera Equipment: VA Hire & Matt Dobson - Lighting House: Savage Film Services - Unit Van: Red Fox Unit Services, Ritchie Young
Special Thanks to: Australian Galleries, AIRBAG & Tao & Lou Weis - Lyrics & Vocals: Ajak Kwai - Arrangement: Ajak Kwai & Kuma Shome - Original Recording: Nick Eden, - Produced & Mixed with Additional Engineering Instrumentation by Jan Skubiszewski at Red Moon Studios, Gisborne - Filmed on location in Collingwood & City of Melbourne
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we filmed and completed this music video.
Ajak Kwai | Sound Gallery Sessions
Monash University Performing Arts Centres: This performance of the Sound Gallery Sessions features Ajak Kwai. November 2020
Ajak Kwai - AMCF 2019
African Music And Cultural Festival
Ajak Kwai (SOUTH SUDAN) performing at the 2019 African Music and Cultural Festival (AMCF) at Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia on Sat 14 Dec 2019.
Ajak Kwai live in Brisbane
BEMAC: April 12 - 2018
Ajak Kwai performing with The African Intelligence at Queensland Multicultural Centre (QMC) in Brisbane on February 17, 2018 as part of BEMAC LIVE: The Afro Frequency Tour with Lamine Sonko and The African Intelligence.
Ajak Kwai - "Abuello"
Dec 4: 2017
Music: Ajak Kwai, Kumar Shome, Matt Erickson, Kofi Kunkpe - Sound and Location : The Aviary, Fraser Montgomery and Nick Edin - Vision: Ez Eldin Deng, Greg Appel - Event Production: Sophia Kostava, Frances -Green Photography: Ruth Nyaruotruach Catering: Saba
Meet multi-talented South Sudanese singer Ajak Kwai
AMES Australia: Feb 22: 2016
Multi-talented South Sudanese singer Ajak Kwai came to Australia as a refugee fleeing the brutal and interminable civil war in her homeland. Here, Ajak shares her story, her love of music and insights into her culture. As a Dinka woman, Ajak has used singing, music and storytelling to help maintain her connection to her people and their cultural traditions.
Ajak Kwai - Songs for Survival
JUNKEE: 19 Jun 2015
Ajak Kwai is a musician, community worker and refugee. She fled the civil war in her native Sudan and arrived in Australia in 1998. Since that time she has established a new life and is active in the local community. She sings about peace, unity and forgiveness in her music.