In this interview Alberto Di Lorenzo speaks about his experiences in moving between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Italy. He was born in 1954 and attended the Scuole italiane in Addis Ababa until 1968, after which he attended the liceo scientifico in Asmara, boarding at the Collegio La Salle of the Fratelli Cristiani. Finishing his schooling in…Continue Reading Alberto Di Lorenzo
In this recording, Alberto Varnero talks about his experience of working in the construction industry in Ethiopia from the late 1960s and about the world of work in Ethiopia as it has been lived by many members of the Italian community in the decades since the end of the Second World War. The Ing….Continue Reading Alberto Varnero
Sein Tempu is a Buenos Aires-based quintet devoted to the research, promotion and interpretation of Ethnic Music, Poetry and Dance from the Mediterranean Sea. Living in the 21st century, in a country strongly identified with the 20th century immigration, they started their research into the traditional rhythms of Southern Italy, Northern Africa and the Near…Continue Reading Interview with Claudia Acuña
Click on the image below to watch the video. Extract from lyrics (author unknown): Emigrante che vieni emigrante che va Un giorno dal mio paese io son partito emigrante in terra straniera io sono andato la mia mamma piangendo e la moglie ho lasciato ed un figlio più bello del sole appena nato Emigrante…Continue Reading Emigrante che vieni emigrante che vai (Popular song)
This sequence of images shows Marcia Contó making a series of different and varied pizzas (including a plátano pizza) at a birthday party held at the Fazenda Santa Cecília, Bernardino de Campos, a municipality in the state of São Paolo, on the 4th January 2016. Marcia is a member of the fourth generation of the…Continue Reading ‘Lavora na fazenda’