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<E.Ross@alakhawayn.ma> Our thread on "Africans in Italy" also offers the possibility of reversing the perspective, i.e.: "African-Italians in Africa". Many migrants send remittances home, where a substantial portion is invested in real-estate (retirement homes, family homes, etc.). While I know of no study of the phenomenon, I have observed large new "italianate" houses in Beni Mellal (Morocco) and Touba (Senegal). A certain urbane Italian aesthetic is thriving in places most Italians have never heard of.
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