ITALIANS IN TANZANIA


8. FINAL REMARKS

The analysis of the Italian community in Tanzania identifies some of the characteristics typical of all the minor communities to be found in developing countries.

The small Italian community in Tanzania is typified by itshe extreme fluidity created by the brief periods of residence of many Italians due to technological migration. The problems and reasons correlated to this phenomenon have on many occasions been amply described in the 2nd National Conference on Emigration, with particular emphasis on the necessity of providing adequate political and financial guarantees to Italian companies and their personnel engaged in developing countries.

The initiatives, activities and the work though often of a brief nature carried out by the Italians in Tanzania has emphasized that the engagement of our fellow-countrymen has been considerable and characterized by that ingenuity, ability to adapt and self sacrifice which the Italians abroad have often shown. Unfortunately the achievements that remain to testify to their work do not always render justice to our fellow-countrymen and are not always known or appreciated. Historical events have sometimes rendered the task more difficult, but the Italians have often demonstrated their capacity to "do" rather than to "celebrate what has been done."


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