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Ethiopia has never been colonized either :/ what else is wrong here?
How do you say “not so fast” in Italian?
I believe it is "mamma mia" while running around with their heads on fire haha.
Chotto mate
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.