This essay examines the career of Italian Army officer Carmelo Scardino in the Congo Free State with a view to illuminating his role in the so-called "anti-Congolese campaign" of the early 20th century and his activities as amateur ethnographic collector.

‘Carmelo Scardino: Italian Military Officer, Ethnographic Collector and Critic of the Leopoldian Regime in Equatorial Congo’, in F. Rossinelli, J. Vadersmissen e A.K. Bulambo (a cura di), De la Conférence Géographique de Bruxelles à l’État Indépendant du Congo (1876-1908) (Éditions Alphil-Presses Universitaires Suisses: Neuchâtel, 2026), pp. 277-296 / Macola, Giacomo; Delpino, Gaia. - (2026), pp. 277-296.

‘Carmelo Scardino: Italian Military Officer, Ethnographic Collector and Critic of the Leopoldian Regime in Equatorial Congo’, in F. Rossinelli, J. Vadersmissen e A.K. Bulambo (a cura di), De la Conférence Géographique de Bruxelles à l’État Indépendant du Congo (1876-1908) (Éditions Alphil-Presses Universitaires Suisses: Neuchâtel, 2026), pp. 277-296.

Giacomo Macola
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2026

Abstract

This essay examines the career of Italian Army officer Carmelo Scardino in the Congo Free State with a view to illuminating his role in the so-called "anti-Congolese campaign" of the early 20th century and his activities as amateur ethnographic collector.
2026
De la Conférence Géographique de Bruxelles à l’État Indépendant du Congo (1876-1908)
9782889307609
Congo Free State; violence; resistance; ethnographic objects
02 Pubblicazione su volume::02a Capitolo o Articolo
‘Carmelo Scardino: Italian Military Officer, Ethnographic Collector and Critic of the Leopoldian Regime in Equatorial Congo’, in F. Rossinelli, J. Vadersmissen e A.K. Bulambo (a cura di), De la Conférence Géographique de Bruxelles à l’État Indépendant du Congo (1876-1908) (Éditions Alphil-Presses Universitaires Suisses: Neuchâtel, 2026), pp. 277-296 / Macola, Giacomo; Delpino, Gaia. - (2026), pp. 277-296.
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