Africa Orrenda

In Africa Orrenda, Mario Rapisardi offers a fierce, lyrical indictment of empire and a haunting meditation on Italy’s conscience. This poetry collection, rooted in late 19th‑century events and reactionary politics, channels outrage and grief into blistering verse that confronts colonial violence, national shame, and the human cost of ambition. Rapisardi’s poems—written in Italian literary tradition but rendered here in expressive narration—respond to episodes such as the Dogali massacre and Italy’s ventures in the Horn of Africa, turning reportage into charged moral drama. The language is vivid and rhetorical: images of desolation, betrayal, and heroic lament intermix with scathing rebukes of political folly. Readers will find themes of patriotism warped into arrogance, the clash of cultures, and the poet’s plea for honor and justice. Historically resonant and poetically bold, the work bridges literary art and political commentary, offering both elegy and indictment. Ideal for listeners of poetry, students of 19th‑century Italian literature, and anyone interested in colonial history framed through verse, this audiobook brings Rapisardi’s urgent, muscular voice to life—compelling, confrontational, and impossible to ignore.