Matteo Fraschini Koffi was born on July 10th, 1981 in Lomé, Togo (West Africa). At ten months old he was adopted by a family from Milan (Italy). Before moving to Africa in 2005, he has traveled to countries such as the occupied territories of Palestine, Israel, Romania, South Africa, Kosovo, Iraq, and Tajikistan. At 24 years old he returned to Togo. In May 2016 he won the Premiolino and published an investigative diary on the mafia inside the "ghetto" of Rignano (Apulia) called "Campi d'oro rosso" ("Fields of red gold", GSA Edizioni). In 2019 he published the autobiography "The call of the black elephant, Confessions of a journey in search of one's identity" (Libraccio Editore). In 2023 he published the book "Oggi non muoio" ("Not gonna die today", Libraccio Editore) co-written with Mohamed Abukar Barrow, a Somali. As a freelance journalist he writes, photographs and produces radio and TV reports, collaborating with Italian and foreign media and dealing exclusively with sub-Saharan Africa matters. He is based in Lomé (Togo).