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Guido Corni (August 25, 1883 – February 28, 1946) was a colonial governor of
Banana harvest in Genale
/ref> whose harvest was sold to the Italian State, which sold them in Italy as a monopoly. In March 1946 he died near
Guido Corni (August 25, 1883 – February 28, 1946) was a colonial governor of Italian Somaliland
Italian Somalia ( it, Somalia Italiana; ar, الصومال الإيطالي, Al-Sumal Al-Italiy; so, Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaalida), was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia. Ruled in the 19th centur ...
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Life
Born inModena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
province, he began in his youth he followed Risorgimento
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ideals. He graduated in industrial chemistry
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and was a successful entrepreneur: he created the "Fabbrica Modenese Utensileria e Ferramenta Corni Bassani". In 1919 he enrolled in the Modena fascist party
In March 1911 Guido Corni went to Italian Tripolitania
Italian Tripolitania was an Italian colony, located in present-day western Libya, that existed from 1911 to 1934. It was part of the territory conquered from the Ottoman Empire after the Italo-Turkish War in 1911. Italian Tripolitania included th ...
to study the possible economic development
In the economics study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and o ...
of the region. He explored all of Italian Libya
Libya ( it, Libia; ar, ليبيا, Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a colony of the Fascist Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern Libya, between 1934 and 1943. It was formed from the unification of the colonies of Italian Cyrenaica ...
in the following years. In 1923 he was promoted to become head of the fascist party in Modena.
From 1 June 1928 to 1 July 1931 Guido Corni was Governor of Somalia, promoting the integration of the local population to the Italian colonial system. He also began to improve the economy of the colony: in those years the Italian colonization of the Genale
Genale is a town founded by Italian colonists in the southeastern Lower Shebelle (Shabeellaha Hoose) region of Italian Somalia. Currently it is called Janaale.
History
Genale was created in 1924 by a group of settlers from the Italian city of T ...
area began in southern Somalia, forming a group of small and medium-sized farms. Most settlers were former fascist
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militants from Turin
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. The first informal association of farmers, however, arose only in 1928, promoted by Corni. The primary crop of the area was cotton, grown by small farms owned by Italian settlers: about one hundred farms with an area varying between 75 and 600 hectares (wgoofy ahh gut
ith an average that oscillated around 200), with a total area of about 20,000 hectares. Cotton predominated at least until 1931, then was replaced by banana production,/ref> whose harvest was sold to the Italian State, which sold them in Italy as a monopoly. In March 1946 he died near
Genova
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See also
*Cesare Maria De Vecchi
Cesare Maria De Vecchi, 1st Conte di Val Cismon (14 November 1884 – 23 June 1959) was an Italian soldier, colonial administrator and Fascist politician.
Biography
De Vecchi was born in Casale Monferrato on 14 November 1884. After graduating ...
Notes
Bibliography
* Bartolacelli, Giuliano and Enzo. ''Un imprenditore modenese. Fermo Corni e il castello di Monfestino''. CS Litografia, Modena, 2001 * Focherini, Franco. ''Il fascismo modenese minuto per minuto'' edizioni Il Fiorino. Modena, 2001 * Nuzzi, Olimpia. ''Il Corni e Modena''. Corni Edizione, Modena, 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Corni, Guido 1883 births 1946 deaths Governors of Italian Somaliland People from Modena Italian fascists