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minus-squareseSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 year agoEthiopia was briefly colonized by Fascist Italy and, subsequently, the British.
minus-squareGsus4@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoFine, fine, there were those 5 years of occupation, that was not colonization, but ok, there was an attempt.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot enough to influence their culture though right?
minus-squareGsus4@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNobody speaks Italian in there, I think, and they kept their own script and such… the marks left by the fascists there were a whole murdered generation of intellectuals.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoAnd a basic familiarity with Italian dishes, IIRC. Kind of a shitty trade, this Mussolini guy sounds like he was no good. They also claimed to have ended slavery in the country, but usually when a fascist says something like that in their propaganda it’s bullshit.
Ethiopia was briefly colonized by Fascist Italy and, subsequently, the British.
Fine, fine, there were those 5 years of occupation, that was not colonization, but ok, there was an attempt.
Not enough to influence their culture though right?
Nobody speaks Italian in there, I think, and they kept their own script and such… the marks left by the fascists there were a whole murdered generation of intellectuals.
And a basic familiarity with Italian dishes, IIRC. Kind of a shitty trade, this Mussolini guy sounds like he was no good.
They also claimed to have ended slavery in the country, but usually when a fascist says something like that in their propaganda it’s bullshit.