Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  (CNN) Geography, iri, muchidimbu, mugumo weItaly: Nyika ichagara iri zambuko pakati peAfrica neEurope, sezviri kuratidzwa zvikuru nedambudziko revanhu riri kuitika muMediterranean. Mvura zhinji yavapoteri gore rino, inowanzotakurwa navanopinza vanhu zvisiri pamutemo mungarava dzakazara, yakaedza kusvika kuEurope ichipfuura nomumhenderekedzo yeLibya. Ngarava yainge yakatakura vapoteri 900 yakabva kuLibya yava kutyiwa kuti yakanyura. Vanopfuura 10 000 vakanunurwa pamhenderekedzo yeItaly muvhiki yapfuura bedzi. Vatungamiriri vokuEurope vari kuedza kupedza dambudziko iri. Pano pane nhoroondo inokosha yatinofanira kufunga nezvayo, uye ine chokuita nenguva yekoloni yeItaly. Vapoteri vakawanda vanobatanidzwa munjodzi dzichangobva kuitika vanobva mune dzimwe nyika dzaimbotongwa neItaly muNorth neEast Africa, dzinoti Eritrea (yakagarwa kubva muna 1890-1941) neSomalia (1908-1941). Sevapoteri, vaLibya vashoma, asi Libya (1912-1941) inoita basa guru munhamo yazvino senzvimbo huru yekubuda yeItaly. Umambo hweItaly hahuna kumboenzana nehweBritain neFrance maererano nokukura uye kurarama kwenguva refu, asi vaya vaigara munharaunda dzahwo havana kuderera. Zvechokwadi, vapoteri vanoyambuka Gungwa reMediterranean nhasi vanoumba chikamu chetsinga yakareba yezana ramakore yokutama, kudzingwa, uye kutapwa kunokonzerwa nokuda umambo kweItaly uye fariro dzokutengeserana, kutsamwa kwavatungamiriri veAfrica pashure pokurwiswa, uye zvino kuora mwoyo kukuru mune zvoupfumi nokurwisana mune zvematongerwe enyika. Nguva refu pashure pokuguma kwehurumende yeItaly, vaEritrea ava, vaSomalia, uye vaLibya vakagara nhaka yenhoroondo dzokufurira uye dzokushandiswa zvisina kufanira dzakaumba nyika dzavo. Kunopesvedzerawo kubatwa kwavaAfrica vanogara muItaly. Libya muenzaniso wokusvika kure kweumambo hweItaly. Libya yakanga iri kwechinguvana nharaunda yakabatanidzwa yeItaly, mumuenzaniso weAlgeria yeFrance, uye mhuri dzeLibya dzichiri kunzwa migumisiro inoparadza yokutambudzwa kwehurumende yeudzvinyiriri yechiFascist kune avo vakaramba kubatwa kweItaly. Varume, vakadzi, uye vana vokuLibya vanopfuura 100 000 vakaendeswa kumisasa yevasungwa yakadzika...
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Nguva yakapfuura yeItaly yekoloni inotamba basa rinokosha munjodzi yevanhu vanobva kune dzimwe nyika muMediterranean. Anoti vatorwa vokuAfrica vachiri kubatana nenhoroondo dzekushandiswa zvisina kufanira idzo dzakaumba nyika dzavo dzokumusha nguva refu pashure pokuguma kwokutonga kweItaly.