Chapter VI: Brave New Afro-pop

Chapter VIII: Are the Kids Gonna be Alright?

Tradition suggests that the older you get the wiser you become. Of what use, then, is it to listen to the kids? Especially when it comes to steering kids through their shattered dreams. Dreams shattered by society.

Chapter VII: Hips Don't Lie

We continue with examining the steady spread of Rumba in Australia; partly because of the dancing freedom it hypnotises listeners into.

Chapter VI: Brave New Afro-pop

Aboard the trans-Atlantic Slave ships from Africa, Rumba music was a stowaway. At their final destinations, the African traditional music absorbed Caribbean and Spanish culture. In the 1930s Rumba then found its way back to its place of birth, through the absorption and reinterpretation of Cuban Records in Congo. The music is still on the move across Africa, and Europe. Now Australia asks for some.

Chapter V: No Longer at Ease

In this part 2, on African cuisine, owner of a the popular street food joint, juggles to absorb the popularity of his inventive menu, and the booming interest it generates

Chapter IV: Dinner with the Homesick Africans

We trace the path taken by one African Australian to construct homemade recipes in a country that refuses importation of exotic ingredients. Even though the general public loves the food, officials erect obstacles to stop the African from sharing his cuisines.