Jacopo Gnisci's Leverhulme-funded research @ucl.ac.uk will demonstrate that discussions and displays of Christian art and architecture from the Horn of Africa (mis)represented Ethiopia and Eritrea, helping to perpetuate the myth of a continent without history.
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Through analysis of hitherto neglected sources from liberal and fascist Italy, Jacopo Gnisci will demonstrate that discussions and displays of Christian art and architecture from the Horn of Africa…
