Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Peacebuilding music

I got my brother looking out for new North African stuff now! He sent me a good review with clips from Introducing Etran Finatawa. It was on NPR today.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

"Silly Countries"

Well, not exactly silly "countries"... It has been said by some that the North Caucasus if difficult to understand. This map and accompanying article make Ingushetia (new home for a friend who just accepted a job there) easy to understand.

If you were a friend of Daghestani National Assembly speaker Magomedsalam Magomedov, what nickname would you give him?