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I was at a presentation on immigration to Italy and she mentioned a good deal on African immigrants. Using what she said as a guide I've looked for what I can.--T. Anthony 01:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Ancient Black People in Rome or Italy 2 umm 3 Carlton Myers 4 Please do not make up new terms

[edit] Ancient Black People in Rome or Italy

Why no mention of these people?

I made a passing reference, but I don't have a book on it at present. (I have read some on blacks in the Roman Empire, including the Italian peninsula) I was hoping someone with greater expertise could expand on that and maybe add names.--T. Anthony 16:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] umm

why are there so many Americans on this list? This article is about Italians of African descent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthurian Legend (talk • contribs) 21:39, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

I have done the spilt of the article proposed above —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucifero4 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

It's still not clear whether that's meant to be a list of Italians who happen to have black skin, or Italians from Africa. For instance, I would guess that someone like Fiona May represents three separate "migrations" - born in the UK, but probably of Caribbean rather than African family, so her links to Africa are weaker than her links to the British Isles or some Caribbean island. Is she an "African" in Italy? FlagSteward (talk) 03:39, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

FlagSteward: Yes, this article's scope is muddled somewhat. I think, as it presents itself now, the intent is to cover all with origins from the African continent- skin colour not a factor. I agree, however, it does jump into "black" only the list- no matter how remote the African origin. As I don' think there is enough material for two or three separate articles, this aspect should be clarified within this article. What do you think? Dionix (talk) 17:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Carlton Myers

Carlton Myers is still in activity. --AdBo 08:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please do not make up new terms

Please do not make up new terms that are not in use, like "Afro-Italian". When Italians make up and start using this term then we can change the article to "Afro-Italian", but until then please do not make up terms (that is original research). Wikipedia is not an instrument of social change. Social change first happens, then Wikipedia can write about it. It is better to say "Africans in Italy", just like Chinese people in Italy. CanuckAnthropologist (talk) 23:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)