AFRO ITALY: The African Diaspora In Italy

Welcome back! This week we’re in Italy learning about black history from the Roman empire to now! Did you know that the first black canonical saint in the Catholic church was a man from Sicily? His name was Saint Benedict the Moor and he was born in 1526. Did you know that the first Afrodescedant head of State in the modern Western world was an Italian man? His name was Alessandro de’ Medici and he was the duke of Florence from 1531 -1537. All of this and more coming right up in this video!

Illustration by: Jimena Isabel Merchán. Find her on Instagram at: @jimenaimm

Music:
Italy by Isa Torres
Italia Part 1 & 2 by Buddha Vybez

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