Pro-Italian Somali parties justified cooperating with the Italian trusteeship administration
Evidence
I do not know what political parties were referred to by the representatives of the Somali Youth League … as pro-Italian… . The difference between us and the other political group is not only do we avail ourselves of the guidance of the Administrating Authority, but that we consider it fair and useful to accept the benefits of the Administration. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 309
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: the identities and ideologies of the listed pro-Italian parties and how they related to the later independence-era party system.