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The Horn of Africa, Italy, and After

The historical development of the Horn of Africa is significantly different from the experiences of other African regions. First of all, Italian colonialism left behind it a very complex heritage, a legacy that created a certain distance between Italy and its former colonies. Moreover, after the Second World War, Italian efforts to eradicate the fascist colonial experience from the history of the nation led to the break-up of relations between Italy and the Horn of Africa. The long tradition of scholarship that connected Italy and Africa was also affected African colonies were completely removed from the collective memory. As a result of this process, the history of Italian colonialism in the Horn and its developments are on the verge of being forgotten. Since the Second World War, relations between the former Italian Africa and Italy have never been systematically fostered on new bases as happened in most colonized areas hence the tradition of studies that connected Italy to its former colonies has been interrupted. Erasing the fascist episode meant that the memory of colonialism was not transmitted to contemporary Italian political culture. In

Recent results of NAUTILUS

NAUTILUS started its second run of continuous data taking in june 1998. The measured strain sensitivity at the two resonances is 410−22/Hz over a bandwidth of 1 Hz and better than 310−20/Hz over a band of about 25 Hz, with a duty cycle mainly limited by cryogenic operations. A summary of the most recent results obtained with the NAUTILUS data is given.