Research & Publications

Some Current Researches

  • Music and Urban Popular Culture in Africa: Role and Nature of Music in Emboding New Symbolic Forms (including fieldwork in South Africa, Ghana, Togo and Benin).
  • Ritual Wisdom and Initiation.
  • The roles of media on the construction of democracy in Africa. The case of Benin from 1990 to 2010.
  • The Introduction of modern media in traditional rites.
  • African Cities: Place for Developing a New “Hybrid” African Culture.

Books

Conferences

  • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013
    Conference on Challenges and Responsibilities amidst Globalization and Digitalization, organized by the International Christian Organization of Media/PANAMA CITY.
  • SEPTEMBER 2013
    Conference on the Rights of the Family and the Challenges of the Contemporary World, Urbaniana University, VATICAN CITY.
  • MARCH 2013
    Writing Trough the Visual/Virtual: Inscribing Language, Literature and Culture in Francophone African and the Caribbean; Rutgers University’s Center for African Studies, New Jersey, USA.
  • JANUARY 2013
    Law and Religion in Africa: Comparative Practices, Experiences and Prospects in Accra, Ghana
  • NOVEMBER 2012
    55th Annual Meeting of the Association of African Studies in Philadelplia in the USA on Research Frontiers in the Study of Africa
  • JUNE 2012
    Launch Meeting of the 2013 African Humanities Program Fellowships organized by the American Council of Learned Socities (ACLS) at the University of Ghana in Accra-Legon.
  • JUNE 2009
    Conference Whats Culture got to do with it?(The Cultural Images in and of Africa) organized by the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden.
  • AUGUST 2008
    Conference on Media, Religion and Culture. SAO PAOLO – BRAZIL.
  • MAY 2008
    Seminar on Popular Cultures today. Gregorian University, ROME – ITALY.
  • JUNE 2007
    International Catholic Union of the Press Congress on the Theme Media and Religion: risk or opportunity? The impact of modern media on religious and social conscience, SHERBROOKE – CANADA.
  • OCTOBER 2006
    World Congress on Communication for Development, Organized by FAO, the World Bank and the Communicative Initiative, ROME – ITALY.
  • JULY 2006
    Media, Religion and Culture International Conference, SIGTUNA– SWEDEN.
  • JULY 2006
    International Seminar on Media, Religion and Culture, organized by PORTICUS, SIGTUNA – SWEDEN.
  • DECEMBER 2005
    International Seminar on Media, Culture and Religion organized by PORTICUS, ROME – ITALY.
  • JUNE 2005
    International conference on Asian youth at the time of globalization, BANGKOK – THAILAND.
  • APRIL 2005
    IV th Symposium on Social Communications: Media, Disasters and Political Interests, ROME – ITALY.
  • OCTOBER 2004
    UCIP (International Catholic Union of the Press) 25th Congress on Media challenges amidst cultural and religious pluralism for a new social order, justice and peace, BANGKOK –THAILAND.
  • OCTOBER 2004
    The First Conference of African Intellectuals and those from the Diaspora, DAKAR – SENEGAL.
  • MARCH 2004
    International Conference: Peace and Reconciliation in Africa, VERONA – ITALY.
  • SEPTEMBER 2001
    Conference on African Cultures organized by AICS, BELLUNO – ITALY.

International Awards

São Paolo, Brazil, August 2008
International Award on Media, Religion and Culture

Philadelphia, USA, Thursday 29th  November 2012

African Studies Association (ASA) Presidential Fellow

Review’s Articles

  • 2011
    Affondo, cronaca di un’estate gelida*, San Paolo Edizioni, Cisinello Balsamo, (MI) 2011
    (A Sociological [Media & Anthropology] Study on African Immigration in Europe).
    *Winner of the 2013 International Award for Solidarity With Refugees
  • 2010
    Afrique : Rites antiques, célébrations Modernes.
    Comment les Africains célèbrent leurs rites aujourd’hui, Menaibuc, Paris 2010
    (Africa: Ancient Rituals, Modern Celebrations: How African Celebrate their Rituals Today) sociological, anthropological and communication aspects).
    L’ora della maturità, la Chiesa in Africa ai tempi del secondo Sinodo, Emi, Bologna 2010 (Questions of Pace, Justice and Reconciliation in Africa).
    « Paix et Développement en Afrique » (Questions of Peace and Development in Africa )
    in « Avenir de l’Afrique: La diaspora intellectuelle interpellée » edited by Ferdinand Mayega, L’Harmattan, Paris 2010, pp. 299-308.
  • 2009
    Jean-Paul II : Pape blanc et Africain. L’Harmattan, Paris 2009
    (The Social Engagements of Pope John Paul II in Africa and For Africa).
    Comment être Africain et chrétien? Essai sur l’inculturation du mariage en Afrique. L’Harmattan, Paris 2009
    (An Anthropological Research on Traditional Wedding in West Africa/Compare to the Catholic vision).
    Il Secondo sinodo per l’Africa in La Gregoriana n°36 di Novembre 2009, pp.14-15.
    «Jean-Paul II croyait profondément en l’Afrique » in Horizons Africains n° 610 Avril 2009, pp.24-26.
    « Il ne peut avoir de développement sur notre continent sans la justice et la paix. Et il ne peut y avoir de paix sans justice et réconciliation » in Le Combattant n°1056 du 18 Mars 2009, pp.6-7.
    Africa, alzati e cammina in Orizzonti Africani/Gennaio 2009/pp. 2-3
  • 2008
    « Ecclesia in Africa » à la lumière de l’« Esprit d’Assise »: Essai de lecture du premier synode pour l’Afrique en marche vers le second. L’Harmattan, Paris 2008
    (Dialogue between Religions in Africa/The Social Engagements of the Catholic Church in Africa).
  • 2007
    L’émergence de nouvelles cultures religieuses : rites, musique et danse
    Une étude auprès des Fon du Bénin, PhD. Dissertation/The Gregorian University, Rome.
  • 2006
    Scandale royal

    http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/078/article_44593.asp

    Le Calcio : après le scandale, l’heure de la vérité a sonné

    http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/079/article_45081.asp

    Le Calcio dans la tourmente

    http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/077/article_43706.asp

    Il Benin : prospettive politiche, sociali ed economiche in Nigrizia/ Marzo, pp.14-16.

  • 2005
    Jean-Paul II, un Africain à peau blanche in Géopolitique Africaine n° 19-20 Eté-Automne Octobre 2005, pp. 127-138.
    Per il bene del popolo, in Dossier “Cresci piccolo Togo”/Nigrizia-Febbraio, pp. 32-48.
    La Chiesa in Africa tra storia, presente e costruzione dell’immediato futuro in L’Osservatore Romano, Sabato 26 Febbraio 2005, p.5
    L’Afrique au cœur des préoccupations du Pape, http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/061/article_32917.asp
    “Pochi e buoni”, Nigrizia/Gennaio 2005, pp. 52-53.
    Sinodo di Risurrezione, Sinodo di Speranza. Verso la II Assemblea Speciale per l’Africa in L’Osservatore Romano, Domenica 16 Gennaio 2005 p. 8.
    Nel cuore di Giovanni Paolo II, un Continente assetato di speranza in L’Osservatore Romano 29 Gennaio 2005, p. 7
  • 2004
    Per una comunità famiglia di Dio chiamata alla solidarietà e alla condivisione. A dieci anni della Esortazione Apostolica post-sinodale “Ecclesia in Africa” in L’Osservatore Romano, Venerdi 24 Dicembre 2004, p.8.
    Intellettuali africani mobilitati per la rinascita africana in L’Osservatore Romano, 25 Novembre 2004, p.7.
    Comunione e solidarietà per una più stretta collaborazione tra le Chiese dei due continenti. Primo Simposio dei Vescovi d’Africa e d’Europa, 25 Novembre 2004, p.7.
    Solo la “poca” fede scienza allontana da Dio, Messaggero di Sant’Antonio/Luglio-Agosto 2004 pp. 18-20.
    Les filières des clandestins

    http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/056/article_29907.asp

    Nouveau drame sur les côtes italiennes

    http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/056/article_29764.asp

    Lampedusa : le rêve naufragé des clandestins

    http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/056/article_29684.asp

    Gocce di speranza per un’Africa allo stremo, Messagero di Sant’Antonio/Giugno2004, pp. 18-20.
    Cittadini africani in piedi: I progetti di Alpha Omar Konaré, Nigrizia/Maggio 2004, pp. 8-10.
    Il perdono innanzitutto, Nigrizia/Maggio 2004, pp. 50-51.
    “Destesto certa politica”, Nigrizia/ Febbraio 2004, pp. 54-55.
    I cattolici ruandesi sclegono la riconciliazione, Messaggero di Sant’Antonio /Gennaio 2004, pp.18-20.

  • 2003
    L’immigrazione : storie e numeri- Dossier – Messaggero di Sant’Antonio/Novembre 2003, pp. 36-42.
  • 2002

    L’abbé Pierre: Una vita con i barboni, Messaggero di Sant’Antonio/Dicembre, pp.44-48.

  • 2000
    Il ruolo della donna nel sistema educativo di un’intera comunità in L’Osservatore Romano, 9 Marzo 200, p. 10.
    2001
    Sierra Leone: L’impegno della Chiesa nella ricostruzione di una Nazione dilaniata da dieci anni di guerra in L’Osservatore Romano, Venerdi 21 Dicembre 2001, p.4.
    Le Sillon Noir: une expérience d’inculturation au Bénin in L’Osservatore Romano Hebdomadaire en langue française, N° 33-14 août 2001, p.2.
    Sveva e la sua Africa, Messaggero di Sant’Antonio/ Luglio-Agosto, pp. 36-37.
    Chi è il responsabile di quei bambini? San Francesco Patrono d’Italia n° 6, pp.48-50.
    Il fenomeno dei bambini lavoratori in Africa, in Avvenire 19 aprile 2001, p.1 & p.18
  • 1994
    Cristo chiama l’Africa, l’Africa è pronta per Cristo, in San Francesco Patrono d’Italia, Giugno 1994, pp.11-13.
    L’Africa in pellegrinaggio ad Assisi in San Francesco Patrono d’Italia, Giugno 1994, pp.47-49.
    Cristo chiama l’Africa, l’Africa è pronta per Cristo in San Francesco Patrono d’Italia n°6, Giugno 1994, pp.10-13.
    Chi condanna le popolazione africane alla sofferenza ? in Francesco Patrono d’Italia n°4, Aprile 1994 pp.10-13.
    Il futuro del Benin in San Francesco Patrono d’Italia n° 2 Febbraio 1994, pp. 8-11.

  • 1993
    La Chiesa cattolica e i processi di democratizzazione in Africa, unpublished paper.
    La gioventù del Benin, prospettive e sfide in Supplemento A L’Osservatore Romano n°30-Sabato 6 Febbraio 1993.

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