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Gender and Sexual Abuses during the Italian Colonization of Ethiopia and Eritrea <br/>—<i>The “Insabbiatti”, Thirty Years after</i>
CNRS, MIGRINTER, UMR 7301, France
Science-Po, Aix-en-Provence, France
- 1 CNRS, MIGRINTER, UMR 7301, France
- 2 Science-Po, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Abstract
This paper explores the singular role of cross-cultural couples of Italian men and Abyssinian women during the fascist colonies in East Africa (Eritrea and Ethiopia). This article is based on an inquiry driven ethno-historical research conducted 30 years ago in Ethiopia among ex-Italian colonial actors in Ethiopia and their concubines. These ex-colons were calling themselves insabbiatti a very original term locally employed. To be an insabbiatto is to be stuck, shipwrecked, stranded in the sand. It means to be forgotten in Far-South Italian colonies (such as East Africa or Libya).
KeywordsEthiopiaEritreaAbyssiniaItalian ColonizationGenderInsabbiattoMadamismAntchiliteBambine ManiaSexual AbusesPedophilia
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