Raffaele Masto
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
- ^ "Autori Aracne editrice – Raffaele Masto". www.aracneeditrice.it. Retrieved 29 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Africa, la rivista del continente vero". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "BUONGIORNO AFRICA • di Raffaele Masto | AFRICA". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Grazie Raffaele – Amani". www.amaniforafrica.it. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Marco Trovato (28 March 2020). "Addio al giornalista Raffaele Masto | AFRICA". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Massimo Bacchetta (28 March 2020). "Ci ha lasciati il nostro collega e amico Raffaele Masto". Radio Popolare. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus, morto Raffaele Masto: lo storico giornalista di Radio Popolare aveva 66 anni". la Repubblica. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ Guglielmini, Fabrizio (29 March 2020). "Addio al giornalista Raffaele Masto, straordinario narratore dell'Africa". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
External links
- Buongiorno Africa Archived 24 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine