This one-day conference, the first devoted to music and Italian colonialism, examines the sonic dimensions of Italian expansion in East Africa and their lasting legacies.
It explores how popular and art music supported colonial propaganda, shaped national identity, and mediated cultural encounters.
Bringing together perspectives from Italy and East Africa, it addresses music in colonial contexts, representations in theatre and film, ethnographic recording during occupation, and the place of these histories in contemporary memory.
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