Italian colonial rule segregated Somali schoolchildren by race in 1929

Evidence

For the Italian Administration regarded education for Somalis as, in the main, preparation for such limited technical tasks as should conveniently be assigned to them. However, in the mission elementary schools, Somali and Italian children were initially taught together in the same classes. But in 1929 De Vecchi’s successor Guido Corni, considering this practice incompatible with the proper relations between masters and ‘subjects’ – the status assigned to Somali – laid down that the two races must be taught in separate classes. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 274 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Italian colonial education policy segregated Somali students from Italian ones — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 274; Italian colonial rule limited Somali education to five years

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