14 February 2006
Stories from 14 February 2006
Costa Rica vibrates with the Central American Music Festival
Feet are fiddling and fingers are drumming as many Costa Ricans wait for the PapayaFest, Papaya Music's tribute to San José as the 2006 Latin American Culture Capital, to begin on February 16th. Papaya Music is a Central American effort to unite musicians, researchers and producers who wish to bring traditional and popular composers into greater visibility and younger generation's attention.
Cambodia: The Shadow of the Past
In 1970 a boy of ten Nhem En joined Khmer Rouge. He was sent to study photography in China, and six years later became a photographer of death at Tuol-Sleng...
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Buzkashi in Tajikistan - by Dushanbe Pictures, Erik Petersson, 2006. Welcome to the latest scan of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. While many...
Cape Verde: elections
Yebo Gogo reports on the “too close to call” elections taking place in Cape Verde.
African Music Roundup #3
It's been a fun few weeks with the festival of football that was the African Cup of Nations (congratulations to Egypt the host). Watching all the footballing talent on display...
































Next time we will be there again :)