Hi guys In the last week or so I have been going through my interview notes from my Africa travels, spanning over the last five years of my life – the best five years I would say. I was also going through my old diary – yeah, at one point I had a diary, now [...]

One month after the most contested elections in Romania’s post-communist history ended with the incumbent president winning a second term, Romanian mass-media has been invaded by serious witchcraft accusations with profound implications for those involved and with far-reaching consequences. Many of us interested in witchcraft already know that it is not important if these accusations [...]

So, I’m going back to my country. That’s not necessarily a reason to blog about unless you are extremely narcissistic. I’m not there now so I will tell you exactly why I’m going to Romania. Let me tell you from the beginning that I booked my flight today and I’m leaving tomorrow, coming back in [...]

From anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff comes a new and intriguing analysis of the role ethnicity could and should play in today’s world. Given that contemporary nation-states are forced to acknowledge the existence and the implications of social and ethnic heterogeneity like never before, it appears that a new opportunity for ethnic groups in search [...]

My native country of Romania is going through the most dramatic moments of political turmoil in its post-communistic era. This has affected both Romania’s image abroad, Romanians’ image of Romania and any combination of thereof. Like many other Romanians living abroad, my level of discontent has gone up proportionally with the tactical and political errors [...]

Awesome pragmatic debate on the future of the Catholic Church. Africa is mentioned on various occasions and one of the main speakers arguing for the catholic church is from Nigeria. Given my personal views on the Catholic Church, I enjoyed this debate a little to much. I hope you will too. Part 1: Part 2: [...]

We live in a perverse world. Of that, each one of us becomes aware at one point or another. But that should only happen when we grow up, when we face the world with our eyes open and when we really understand what’s going on. It is, after all an irony, because the one thing [...]

China has become such an important part of many African states’ foreign and domestic politics that has captured the attentions of many scholars all over the world. While I do not consider myself a scholar yet, I’m surely trying to become one. And I am directly interested in African politics and the consequences of Chinese [...]

From Argentinian filmmaker Marcelo Piñeyro comes a very interesting and bizarre movie. The concept is somewhat innovative, the storyline is definitely beyond one’s initial expectations and the acting is stupendous. It isn’t a movie about Africa but I decided to blog about it simply because it really surprised me and, oh well, because I love [...]

It is my pleasure to blog about the unique opportunity to experience Africanity in the city of Chicago. Chicago, a city that over the years has become the cradle of immigrant expression, also hosts one of the greatest events of the year for Africans and lovers of African culture, art and music: The African Festival of the Arts. It takes place every year at the beginning of September.