West Papuan artist Voice of Lele joins Baseline, with guest hosts Namila Benson and Najma Sambul, to discuss music as an act of cultural survival, political resistance, and connection to homeland.

Lele reflects on her family's journey from West Papua to Papua New Guinea, and eventually the Netherlands, before settling in Australia, sharing the significance of Humbelo ("Echo"), a song made famous by the legendary West Papuan band Black Brothers, and performed by her father on Dutch television in 1978.

Drawing on her family's lived experience, Lele describes the realities of life under Indonesian rule: restricted access to healthcare and the suppression of Indigenous culture. While acknowledging the privilege of being able to speak freely from Australia, she says her responsibility is to carry the stories of relatives who cannot.

Lele discusses her latest single, Border Crosser, which reworks Black Brothers' SAMANDOYE to weave in her family's story of crossing physical, political and emotional borders, transforming inherited history into a contemporary expression of hope.