Gli ascari e la loro memoria: due traiettorie di vita tra Libia e Italia

Autore: Antonio M. Morone
In: Meridiana. 104, 2022
doi:10.23744/4757
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Abstract

Ascari’s Memories: Two Life Stories Between Libya and Italy

After the defeat of the Italian troops in Africa during the Second World War, the ascari (the African soldiers enlisted in the colonial army) were losing their role of intermediaries of Italian rule. The public memory of the ascari was discarded by the Italians and at the same time by the upcoming national ruling class in the former colonies. The two ascari’s life stories discussed in this paper offer an overview of some different strategies of intermediation with the colonial power. In both stories, the centrality of the relationship with Italy and the Italians emerges in an important way, but along a process of reciprocal negotiation and not only mere subordination.

Keywords: Ascari; Migration; Republican Colonialism; Agency