Raffaele Masto

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Raffaele Masto (12 December 1953[1] – 28 March 2020) was an Italian journalist, writer and radio host.

Biography

Masto was born in

Sperling & Kupfer and by Baldini & Castoldi
. Also in Africa he made several documentaries and reportages on political, social and anthropological themes.

For many years he wrote for the magazine Africa,[2] for which he edited the in-depth analysis blog Buongiorno Africa ("Good morning, Africa").[3]

In his books, always based on direct experience as a foreign correspondent, Masto dealt with the themes of poverty and injustice that affect the peoples of the Third World. During his travels, he was repeatedly a guest at the centers of the Milanese NGO Amani in Nairobi.[4]

In 2019, he married his longtime partner Gisele Kra, from the

SARS-Cov-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, leading to his death in Bergamo on 28 March 2020, at age 66.[5][6][7][8]

Books

  • 1998 – La nuova colonizzazione , Baldini& Castoldi Dalai
  • 2000 – Debito da morire, Baldini& Castoldi Dalai
  • 2001 – No Global, Zelig Editrice
  • 2002 – Informazione negata, Zelig Editrice
  • 2003 – In Africa. Ritratto di un continente senza pace,
    Sperling & Kupfer
  • 2005 – Io Safiya,
    Sperling & Kupfer
  • 2006 – L'Africa del tesoro. Diamanti, oro, petrolio,
    Sperling & Kupfer
  • 2008 – La scelta di Said. Storia di un kamikaze,
    Sperling & Kupfer
  • 2011 – Buongiorno Africa, Bruno Mondadori
  • 2016 – Califfato Nero, Laterza
  • 2019 – La variabile africana. Riserve naturali ed equilibrio geopolitico del pianeta, Egea

References

  1. ^ "Autori Aracne editrice – Raffaele Masto". www.aracneeditrice.it. Retrieved 29 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Africa, la rivista del continente vero". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ "BUONGIORNO AFRICA • di Raffaele Masto | AFRICA". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Grazie Raffaele – Amani". www.amaniforafrica.it. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ Marco Trovato (28 March 2020). "Addio al giornalista Raffaele Masto | AFRICA". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ Massimo Bacchetta (28 March 2020). "Ci ha lasciati il nostro collega e amico Raffaele Masto". Radio Popolare. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Coronavirus, morto Raffaele Masto: lo storico giornalista di Radio Popolare aveva 66 anni". la Repubblica. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  8. ^ Guglielmini, Fabrizio (29 March 2020). "Addio al giornalista Raffaele Masto, straordinario narratore dell'Africa". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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