L'Italia e il ruolo "euro-africano" negli anni sessanta e settanta

The essay examines the relationship between Italy and Africa in the period of decolonization, particularly between the late 1950s and the 1970s. From the mid-1950s, in fact, after an "anomalous" decolonization of its colonial possessions and the experience of the mandate in the former Italian Somalia, Italy began to confront the wider process of emancipation that affected the African continent and which culminates in 1960 (the year of Africa) and its first conclusion with the independence of the Portuguese colonies in 1975. Over the past twenty years, new sensitivities towards new Africa and growing relations with newly independent countries and with many of its leaders have matured, while Italy, "freer" than other European powers from colonial ties, experiences new roles and diversified interventions not only in the former colonies, but also in other areas of sub-Saharan Africa, until the development of a cooperation policy within the new Euro-African relations started with the Rome Treaties of 1957.