Dominik K. Cagara
Dominik K. Cagara is a journalist and civil society activist. He studied Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has been connected with the Caucasus region for more than nine years. He has contributed to the media outlets Open Democracy, The Clarion, and DF Watch.
Author's stories
As the leader of a folk group, Bela Mutoshvili is an unusual entrepreneur. A Christian Georgian, Mutoshvili hails originally from a nearby village of Zemo Alvani where Georgians from the mountainous region of Tusheti resettled in the first half of the 20th century. She is also a native speaker of the critically endangered Tsova Tush language, which is distantly related to Chechen. Despite not being Kist, Mutoshvili is the only specialist on Chechen and Kist musical folklore in the valley.
A Woman on a Mission, Keeping Traditional Chechen Music Alive
Abkhazia, Georgia’s breakaway region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, boasts a lively civil society: according to the Institute of the Eurasian Economic Union there are approximately 100 non-governmental organisations registered in the region of 240,000 people