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Terrell J. Starr
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I hail from the one and only Motor City. And I happen to love the former Soviet Union for all its greatness and its faults. Currently, I am here in Ukraine on a Fulbright Scholarship studying Russian (or at least trying to) and doing research on the African diaspora here in Ukraine. I'm writing a novel and my autobiography on the side, too. This blog will highlight my travels throughout Ukraine and the rest of the former USSR and introduce you to its people along the way. Some of my posts will focus on my interactions with everyday Ukrainian people. Most of them will focus on why I am here to begin with: Ukrainian's African diaspora. YES THERE ARE MANY BLACK PEOPLE HERE AND I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM. My experience in the former USSR and Europe is pretty broad: Volunteer in a Russian orphanage in the summer of 2001; Peace Corps Georgia 2003-2005; Spent summer of 2008 in Georgia studying Georgian language when the Russian/Georgian War began; spent two weeks in Romania and Italy reporting and co-producing a radio documentary on Romanian/EU relations; two trips to Armenia, and 12 days in Moldova. I've also traveled to Haiti and Senegal. I have masters degrees in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and Journalism from the University of Illinois-Uraban Champaign. I earned my B.A. in English from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, AR. Upon completing my Fulbright, I will move to New York to pursue a career in either print, TV or radio journalism. |
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This post is part of a series of photos I took during a two-week visit to Georgia. Today’s post will focus on the culture of Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi’s most popular street. Oct 21, 2010 at 17:03 | Comments 0 |
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This photo story is part of a series of posts about my recent trip to Georgia, Ukraine’s Black Sea neighbor. Today I will share my observation of Tbilisi’s fine architectural. Enjoy! Oct 5, 2010 at 14:26 | Comments 0 |
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Caption: Terrell Starr, the blogger, on Chavchavadze Street in Tbilisi, Georgia posing with a nice, Georgian popo on September 22, 2010. Photo taken by nice Georgian popo. Sep 23, 2010 at 21:17 | Comments 0 |
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This post is part of a photo journalism series chronicling the lives of black Ukrainians. You might remember Angelina Diash from an earlier post about her and her cousin’s, Violanta Bernardu, lives as black Ukrainians. Today’s post focuses on a subject that is dear to her heart: women’s rights. Sunday, September 19th, 2010, Angelina spent the evening with Femen, a Ukrainian women’s rights organization known for its sexually provocative demonstrations against sexual trafficking, gender injustice and other social issues. (See the link). She invited me to join her and shared why she feels this organization and her role in it is important. Sep 22, 2010 at 15:39 | Comments 1 |
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This blog post is part of a photo journalism series of black Ukrainians and other African diasporas in the former Soviet Union region. Today, I will feature Antonina Gensyor, a black Ukrainian (or mulatto). This is a snap shot into her life here in Ukraine. We took a stroll around downtown Kyiv on Friday, September 17th, 2010. A longer story of her life is forthcoming. Sep 20, 2010 at 17:30 | Comments 0 |
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Angelina Diash,left, and Violanta Bernardu, right, are subjects of an in-depth photo journalism series I am conducting for my Fulbright Scholarship. I recently penned a feature story of these two black-Ukrainian women for The Crisis magazine. The follow blog post is a brief snapshot into their lives and how they feel about being black and Ukrainian. Sep 20, 2010 at 17:22 | Comments 1 |