Africo
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Africo is a comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, in the Southern Italian region of Calabria located 74 kilometres from Reggio Calabria.
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Street scene of the town of Africo in 1948 (Photo: Tino Petrelli)
Tommaso Besozzi
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Tommaso Francesco Besozzi, also known as Tom, was an Italian journalist and writer. He is considered to be one of the most important post-war journalists of Italy and his writing style earned him the
Africo
…peoples) describing the dire conditions and hunger. At the time the village could only be reached by a 6/7 hour ride on a mule. In 1948 the journalist Tommaso Besozzi and photographer Tino Petrelli published a report in the magazine L’Europeo, showing the misery and hunger of the people of Africo. The article, entitled…
Tommaso Besozzi
Cover of L'Europeo of July 1950 about the mysterious death of Giuliano