Africo
The following pages are excerpts from Africo, a work by Corrado Stajano (Cremona 1930) named after a small and tormented Ionian town in the province of Reggio Calabria. The book levied sharp and very harsh accusations against the phenomenon of the Calabrian mafia of that time. In particular, it deno...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Against the mafia
Year: 2024, Pages: 191-211 |
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| Summary: | The following pages are excerpts from Africo, a work by Corrado Stajano (Cremona 1930) named after a small and tormented Ionian town in the province of Reggio Calabria. The book levied sharp and very harsh accusations against the phenomenon of the Calabrian mafia of that time. In particular, it denounced the mafia’s ties with the political and administrative world and with certain centres of religious power. Africo is an example of civic denunciation with rare narrative power, which emerged just before the Calabrian organisations had their breakthrough. It is effectively the last accusation before these organisations became “a thing in their own right,” independent from Cosa Nostra, and began their ascent towards conquering the primacy in the nation’s organised crime scene. When Africo was published, it was subject to a judicial counterattack initiated by don Giovanni Stilo, the priest who went down in history as “the owner of the life” of the town, especially thanks to the strong control that he exercised over the local educational system, the public administration and, more generally, the (few) available opportunities for social mobility. Stajano was acquitted of the charges thanks to the Torinese judge Elvio Fassone’s important ruling on freedom of expression. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 211 |
| ISBN: | 9783031296192 |
