Maybe Tomorrow

Storytelling is an integral part of life for Indigenous Australians. From an early age, storytelling plays a vital role in educating children. The book MAYBE TOMORROW narrated by Boori Pryor with Meme McDonald was out March 1998. It is an intimate, provocative and deeply moving autobiography of one Aboriginal man's life, which is author's life, his successes and failures, triumphs and tragedies, told in a compelling, honest and uplifting way. Boori is an engaging performer and a terrific public speaker. He performs regularly for school children. Everyone he meets is touched by his message of reconciliation, respect and tolerance.

Boori Pryor is an educator and travels around Australia, performing and talking to school and community groups about his life experiences and Aboriginal way. Why he is doing this, is the basis of this autobiography.

Boori's people are from north-east Queensland and he comes from a large family of seven sisters and three brothers.

A 19th century engraving showing Australian "nativ...

Playing the traditional aboriginal musical instrum...

English: From frontpiece of Legendary Tales of the...

Two brothers and one sister have committed suicide and his thirteen-year-old nephew was killed in a car crash.

These tragedies would be enough to embitter a lesser person, however Boori, who had his own promising career as a DJ in Melbourne, gave it up to carry on the work of his passionate brother, Paul. He says that from school he 'learnt the tools to survive in a white world'. And from his family, he 'learnt the tools to survive in the black world'. In his present career, he uses the tools from both worlds to 'shape my inner self and then to communicate this to other people.

By taking on this role, Boori seeks to connect himself with his land and his people. We realise reconciliation is taking place on may fronts: Boori is coming to terms with his personal losses; reclaiming his Aboriginality; and...