Elia Varela Serra

Spanish journalist currently living in the US after having lived in a number of countries with long names. Interested in human rights activism, citizen media, itc for development, photography, film, Africa and the Balkans. I'm a regular contributor at Global Voices and the co-founder of a blogging & communication platform designed for the specific needs of citizen journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa: Maneno (it means words in Swahili).