In 1990, the Senegalese community of Florence acted a protest to react against several racist events and violence, to fight against measures that local and national administrations had taken and to answer to the way foreign immigration was presented in the media. The fight came through a hunger strike which took place in a public square in the very center of the city, near the cathedral, and was supported by a consistent part of the citizens. The event had a large echo and its conclusion gave to its promoters a political legitimation. The protest and its outcome anticipated issues that would have a remarkable relief during the 21th century. Nevertheless, it rapidly became forgotten. The article rebuilds the premises and the context of this hunger strike and tells the story from the street, using published and unreleased sources, and using texts and documents that the author wrote or brought together during the 1990

Piazza Senegal, Firenze 1990. Uno sciopero della fame tra storia e memoria / Roberto Bianchi. - In: ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA. - ISSN 0392-1077. - STAMPA. - 288/2018:(2018), pp. 209-235.

Piazza Senegal, Firenze 1990. Uno sciopero della fame tra storia e memoria

Roberto Bianchi
2018

Abstract

In 1990, the Senegalese community of Florence acted a protest to react against several racist events and violence, to fight against measures that local and national administrations had taken and to answer to the way foreign immigration was presented in the media. The fight came through a hunger strike which took place in a public square in the very center of the city, near the cathedral, and was supported by a consistent part of the citizens. The event had a large echo and its conclusion gave to its promoters a political legitimation. The protest and its outcome anticipated issues that would have a remarkable relief during the 21th century. Nevertheless, it rapidly became forgotten. The article rebuilds the premises and the context of this hunger strike and tells the story from the street, using published and unreleased sources, and using texts and documents that the author wrote or brought together during the 1990
2018
288/2018
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