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Author Fazel, Shirin Ramzanali, author

Title Clouds over the Equator : the forgotten Italians / Shirin Ramzanali Fazel
Published ©2014
UK : [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], 2017

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 MELB  850.916 F2877 A6/C  AVAILABLE
Description v, 207 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary Italy was given a trusteeship administration of Somalia, its former colony, from 1950 to 1960. The Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana della Somalia (AFIS) is a unique case within the context of African decolonization, as it was a colonialism limited in time, during which the Italian government controversially gave the previous Fascist administrators the task to lead this African country to democracy and independence. Shirin Ramzanali Fazel's Clouds over the Equator provides a powerful description of meticcio literary characters during the AFIS administration, and makes readers view this period from the perspective of two women: that of Amina, a Somali woman, and her daughter, Giulia.
Subject Somalis -- Italy -- Fiction
Genre/Form Fiction.
ISBN 9781544717876