La Somalia coloniale: una storia ai margini della memoria italiana

Abstract

The historical connection between Somalia and Italy was born in the second half of the XIX century, when Italy showed for the first time interest in the Horn of Africa. Following the establishment of the first colony, the Eritrea, Italians settled along the coast of Somalia and built trading outposts. The effective control of the whole colony came only with the fascist regime, through a harsh military repression. At the end of the Second World War, the United Nations entrusted to Italy a special protectorate over the country: the Italian Fiduciary Government of Somalia (Trust Territory of Somalia).

Keywords

• Somalia
• Italian colonialism
• fascism
• Trust Territory of Somalia
• Horn of Africa
• colonialismo italiano
• fascismo
• Afis
• Corno d’Africa