"Faccetta Nera" - Italian Colonial Song (+English Subtitles)

Faccetta Nera (Italian: "Little Black Face") is a popular marching song of Fascist Italy about the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. It was written by Renato Micheli with music by Mario Ruccione in 1935. The lyrics describe how Italian soldiers will liberate a beautiful young Abysinnian (Ethiopian) girl from slavery and take her back to Rome, where she is promised a new and better life. The lyrics explain she will be under the authority of a new regime, and she will parade with the fascist Blackshirts.
The hymn is said to have been inspired by a beautiful young Abyssinian girl, who was found by the Italian troops at the beginning of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
During the invasion the song was hugely popular in Italy and caused national fervor. The implicitly erotic song was, however, somewhat of an embarrassment for the Fascist government, which had, starting in May 1936, introduced several laws prohibiting cohabitation and marriage between Italians and native people of the Italian colonial empire. These efforts culminated in the Italian Racial Laws of 1938. The Fascist authorities considered banning the song, and removed all picture postcards depicting Abyssinian women from Roman shop windows.
Disclaimer: All videos are apolitical and this channel is against any form of extremism or hatespeech!

[@giancarlogarlaschi4388]

My Dear Father used to sing this song when showering !!! 😂😂😂

[@BrazilianImperialist]

W dad.

[@ilbrasciolarochearrostelac8762]

​@@BrazilianImperialist?

[@matteoroccomico]

@@BrazilianImperialist +1

[@cipherthedemonlord8057]

Based

[@philippinecircularflag2023]

Tfw no Black Abyssinian gf to racemix with 😔

[@nukekidontheblock8349]

Didnt happen dont worry ahahha

[@fazebear5397]

Most normal comment from a countryball channel

[@Youraveragemarine1944]

Hoy Wala ko og gf na Ethopian

[@clownproductionia]

​@@fazebear5397100%

[@СимонеМонтиккыо]

Italy never forbidden mixed race, only the last 2 years was introduced that law...sorry dont get confused with Anglo American and French plutocracy

[@aoaoaya1]

I was singing this to my black cat…. While my grandfather (communist) was laughing at us both :)

[@mareklesnik3626]

bow... I was left paused for 5 sec... and they I burst into laughter. Was your cat a monarchist?

[@aoaoaya1]

@@mareklesnik3626 *i hope she is* But still, thank god my grandfather didn’t scream at me, haha

[@RamanNoodles01]

If I may ask, which country does your grandfather hail from?

[@aoaoaya1]

@@mareklesnik3626 she’s most likely an anarchist, she doesn’t care about anything, break things and is always curious.

[@aoaoaya1]

@@RamanNoodles01 Italy

[@eriknilsson147]

Another classic, great work!

[@Mr.Handsome100]

Haven't heard this since I was a kid, my parents used to play it on their old giant record player. Memories!!

[@clnGabAsp]

"Se or dall'altipiano guardi il mare"... Mi ha colto di sorpresa.

[@ilpiave9591]

È un classico della musica militare italiana, non potevo non metterla!

[@danielefabbro822]

It's historically true that after the conquest of Ethiopia, fascists have abolished slavery in East Africa. Still racism was a thing and black people was "segregated" (although they was required to partecipate in the social life of the new country)(adults had new jobs to carry while minors was forced to go to schools and learn at least basic notions of languages, mathematics, jurisprudence, geography, chemistry, metalmechanics, artisan craft techniques, etc) in modern (for the time) brand new houses full comforts in the new cities the Italians built in that country. Of course our dominion over that land ended with the liberation brought by the British. So now Ethiopia, that still is proud of its independence, can show to the world how they failed two times in conquering Eritrea, and by doing that turning that country in what today is called the "North Korea of Africa" and keeping back rebels from taking power in their country. Of course Somalia is also... well, it's Somalia. Good job Allies! 👍

[@Testimony_Of_JTF]

Ethiopians absolutely despised Italian occupation of their country. Just ask an Ethiopian and how they feel about Italians

[@danielefabbro822]

@@Testimony_Of_JTF of course they do. Have you ever encountered someone that was truly thankful for an invasion? Or for having laws that changed their lives from what it was from centuries prior? People always hate changings. It's our nature.

[@danielefabbro822]

@@Testimony_Of_JTF oh, by the way, just ask Eritrean about how they feel about Ethiopians. Ethiopians are... Uhm... "the Italians of Horn of Africa" 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@Testimony_Of_JTF]

@@danielefabbro822 Well yeah, I just think your comment painted too good of an image of Italian occupation

[@danielefabbro822]

@@Testimony_Of_JTF things are never like we imagine.

[@ll-jy5yc]

XD questa canzone l'aveva suonata un mio compagno di classe con il flauto fa fa re mi do dopo di che none la ricordo più

[@pietroaccaria2093]

Tipico

[@FiammaNera1917]

Un classico

[@VenesiaBall]

intro: DO DO DO la fa sol sol sol mi sol do strofa: do fa sol la sib la sol fa mi fa do, do la sib DO sib la sib DO sib la sol, re sol la sib DO RE DO sib la sib sol, re do re mi sol DO sib la sol fa ritornello: fa fa fa mi re do, sib sib sib la sol fa, DO DO DO DO la la fa fa sol sol fa mi re do, do mi sol sib sib DO sib la sol, do mi sol sib sol la sib DO (sib la sol fa) sempre da fare a parte l'ultima che è (DO DO DO FA)

[@FiammaNera1917]

@@VenesiaBall Eroe

[@VenesiaBall]

@@FiammaNera1917 sei fasci?

[@Onlyy_Gabrielovic]

SE MO DALL'ALTIPIANO GUARDI ER MAREE🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🗣🔥

[@Greatest_AI_Covers]

This song is about bringing spaghetti, breadsticks, and frozen pizza to Ethiopia.

[@shyboy-kr1fb]

This would be great for hoi4

[@giancarlogarlaschi4388]

Honore al mio Nonno, Giuseppe Podesta , voluntario al Frente Alpino ( Grande Guerra ), e anche al Africa. Fanteria Italiana. Medagllia d'Oro al Valore Militare.

[@andrefixa]

Grammatica

[@ilpiave9591]

Credo non sia italiano. Probabilmente è di qualche paese sudamericano.

[@giancarlogarlaschi4388]

@@ilpiave9591 Yes , but I'm improving a lot ... I was born in Santiago de Chile, 1955 . I was brought up with Domenica del Corriere, Oggi , Topolino , Corriere dei Piccoli. But , I have been to American style high school , also trained at US Air Force. Ma lo Spirito e lo stesso. Tanti Auguri Giancarlo Garlaschi Podesta. Comandante Aeronave Ritirato. B 747 - B 777 - B 767 - B 707 - B 727 . Douglas DC 8 71 Airbus A 321 . A 37B Dragonfly De Havilland DH 115 Vampire. 😉😎

[@giancarlogarlaschi4388]

@@ilpiave9591 Sonno Molto Fiero del mio passaporto Italiano !

[@dinamjto]

@@andrefixa scemo

[@adrianab.2423]

Erano tempi in cui la voglia di appartenenza era massima,Patria,Bandiera e Guida suprema avevano un significato profondo. Italiani e non credevano in un Ideale per il quale si poteva anche morire.Talmente radicati questi valori che sono evocati in taluni da una singola strofa musicale. Ma vi ricordate nei primi anni '90 quando in Somalia un anziano Ascaro uscì da una tenda e salutò Romanamente il Ns.Generale Loi , solo perché aveva rivisto il Tricolore e dei soldati della sua parte dopo 60 anni? Indimenticabili per lui quei 'tempi gloriosi' e per me il sorriso imbarazzato di Loi. Tutto questo solo per dire che quella epoca ha,che piaccia o no, un fascino immortale. Onore anche per le Truppe Coloniali,valorosissime, fedelissime e spessissimo dimenticate ma che Faccetta Nera richiama con affetto.

[@deg0239]

Credevano così tanto in quell'ideale che gli amici in nero hanno dovuto imporlo col manganello, nel migliore dei casi Si, ci credevano proprio tanto

[@stefanodellanoce8296]

Ricordo bene quell'Ascaro! Onore a Lui e alla sua voglia di Italia!

[@imperitalica]

Onore! Onore! Onore agli ideali! Onore a quella patria! Onore ai nostri lontani cugini d'oltreoceano legati dal passato coloniale nobile e glorioso

[@memelotti]

"Patria" bro ti posso assicurare che l'Etiopia, la Libia e la Somalia non erano nè etnicamente né storicamente italiane. Patria e bandiera stocazzo, il ventennio fascista è violenza mal giustificata

[@lenonmemes4909]

Adwa 💚💛❤️

[@alcapone7533]

Onore al Duce

[@mashiah1]

"Periodic table" by Primo Levi brought me here

[@RichardGalli-r6i]

your videos are an outstanding musical & military history!

[@norbertoguadagni9331]

Una de las canciones mas lindas!!!

[@B0ngo_banana]

It’s a fascist song

[@lanatycatodica6972]

Onore al Duce

[@gn7408]

Viva a Itália!

[@Dio-solaire-D.-Ethelo-Brando]

Italia

[@FiraolDenuICA-fc9kv]

Viva Ethiopia

[@cipherthedemonlord8057]

I'm here because of an Anime edit of this and my new Carcanos. 😅😅😅😅😅 🇮🇹 Duce! Duce! Duce!!

[@seedney]

Translated from Polish "Faceta Nera" is a Man's kidney xD

[@mistaketired.5294]

trying not to vibe to facist songs (imposible)

[@yyakaemun]

this song was a thorn in the side of the fascist government

[@Latrine1999]

what a good poster at the start, where can i find it?

[@Francesco46833]

it's not a poster but an image of the "la Domenica del corriere " of December 27th 1936 with the title "Le terre dell'impero sono riunite"

[@Kampfwageneer]

Don’t bring them to rome

[@danielefabbro822]

Nonsense. Black people can become Italians too. And have equal rights. That's a thing that never changed since the initial days of fascism till today.

[@hasspass8751]

You look like you touch little kids

[@roberto6536]

The implicitly erotic song was, however, somewhat of an embarrassment for the Fascist government, which had, starting in May 1936, introduced several laws prohibiting cohabitation and marriage between Italians and native people of the Italian colonial empire. These efforts culminated in the Italian Racial Laws of 1938. The Fascist authorities considered banning the song, and removed all picture postcards depicting Abyssinian women from Roman shop windows.

[@Thanatos_4444]

Blud copy pasted from Wikipedia. Kay why s.

[@abdelalinaitbrahim62]

they say italians are racist yes ic hm hm

[@Doom-k8h]

That's right, especially if you're short and fat, 😢

[@FiammaNera1917]

Yes, chad italians 🗿🍷

[@BeryAb]

​@@FiammaNera1917 KZbin Shorts is down the hall and to the left.

[@cxarhomell5867]

​@@BeryAbNo. They deserve to be wherever they want, whenever they want. They won't be confined to one single area.

[@davidecognome]

Questa canzone la sanno suonare col flauto tutti gli studenti delle medie😂

[@sergiobianchini2340]

Ora e sempre w il.Duce!

[@Okkeeey]

Non Il Duce ma viva l’Italia e Viva il Patriottismo🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@imperitalica]

Viva la nazione! E chi la governa con onore!!!🗿🏴🇮🇹

[@Maurizio57-10]

⚡🇮🇹👏✋🖤

[@wotan20]

If war and conquest was about singing one's heart out, Italy would've won easy. Alas, it isn't and so the harsh reality. The Italian Army was defeated and utterly destroyed by any opponent, be it Abyssinian tribesmen armed with spears, Albanian and Greek mountain men armed with 100 year old vintage rifles and so on. My heart goes for those poor souls, who ended up in Russia. (the 9th Army of mountain infantry who tried to hold the line somewhere between Stalingrad and Voronezh on the western banks of the river Don. Their suffering was enormous due to cold, hunger, and million other things. Remember them, not just the lovely songs they left behind!

[@me.ne.frego.]

Abyssinians under Haile Selassie had everything from modern belgian uniforms and arms to traditional swords and spears. Total conscription was mandatory under death punishment, and they received important german aid, including 10000 Mauser rifles, military advisors, etc. PLUS they outnumbered italians by far and played local in a vast, hard country. All this in '35-'36, and Italy WON. Later in full WWII, the british with their infinite supplies of own and american vehicles, arms and supplies managed to kick out the italians. But at least italian prohibition on abyssinian slavery and mandatory prisoner castration lasted.

[@me.ne.frego.]

Albanian and greek mountain men armed with muzzleloaders?? Are you nuts or just ignorant? The balkans and Greece were full of soviet-supported organized partisans with new and free british weapons and explosives. And the last classic cavalry charge in history was made by italians against soviet troops in 1943, using sabers and hand grenades, and the charge was sucesful.

[@BeryAb]

​@@me.ne.frego.The Ethiopians did not outnumber the Italians, and the last battle between the two countries' regular forces took place in 1937, not 1936. 1936 was when Badoglio entered Addis and formally declared victory.

[@me.ne.frego.]

@@BeryAb Of course the italians were outnumbered! Even including the Askaris from Eritrea, Somalia and other cultures opressed by the ethiopians, they were outnumbered by the forces of the Negus.

[@blaba2639]

@@me.ne.frego. NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT JUST USE HECKING GUNS AGAISNT US YOURE JUST SUPPOSED TO LET US CONQUER YOUR COUNTRY THIS IS NOT LE FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITALY NUMBA ONE

[@VNCHMuonNam0325]

❤somehow beautiful

[@masterjunky863]

0:59 Lol

[@1servadio]

Simpatica melodia, amabilmente molto cantabile. Il testo è a dir poco delirante. Non si sa se ridere o restare disgustati.

[@ilpiave9591]

Visto dalla prospettiva di oggi, sì. Ma allora la propaganda fascista voleva far credere proprio questo: gli italiani erano dei liberatori dalla dittatura schiavismo del Negus.

[@giovannitatti4042]

​@@ilpiave9591 Con questo ragionamento liberatorio dalla schiavitù dovevamo invadere tutta l'Africa , ma c'erano arrivati prima altri bastardi come noi ! Mi spiace ! 😠😠😊😊🍷🍷🍷

[@fabiovenditti3152]

Ma lo avete capito il testo? Sapete che ancira oggi in Etiopia l'etnia Oromo e Tigri sono schiavizzati, usurpatati delle loro terre e uccisi dagli etiopi? Gli italiani ed i fascisti liberarono queste popolazioni così come gli angloamericani "liberarono noi" ... sempre se siamo liberi ovviamente. Prima di parlare cercate di documentarvi ..

[@frederick06bigbrain48]

​@@user-qe3dv3xt6lbeh accetto le sue opinioni...anche se mia nonna era Etiope ed è scappata in Italia subito dopo l'invasione da parte dei "liberatori" raccontandomi per lo più cose positive del periodo di occupazione, in più...sposò una camicia nera nel 41😅, quindi penso che il discorso non sia tanto se erano buoni o cattivi, ma bisognerebbe fare un bilancio delle situazioni, un tempo ero come lei, pensavo che il fascismo fosse solo un mucchio di puzzolente e fumante merda, ma poi mettendomi in discussione ho studiato e mi sono ricreduto, i libri di storia dicono ciò che gli fa comodo, e le testimonianze non furono uniformi, c'è chi lo ama e chi lo odia, ma è un periodo che noi dobbiamo vedere in maniera oggettiva...sua in positivo che in negativo

[@Abdullah-tu9vg]

The melodi is great. The lycris less so

[@cxarhomell5867]

Why? The lyrics are beautiful.

[@naodyoseftewelde8715]

Still lost to the lions 🦁 pastas🍝

[@lorenzo4408]

Lost? You’re country got fucking smocked in 1936…remember what happened to Adis Adeba civilians after your soldiers killed italians with illegal ammunition 😂🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@andreabianchi6156]

What, this is from 1936,the Italians won

[@radec5166]

STFU African Man I listen the fucking song of Italian Empire

[@extremathule982]

Never lost to lions: you are as ignorant as a goat. Learn some history.

[@christiancaspillo8584]

Still lost to the Italians.Pasta Eaters

[@mareklesnik3626]

piękna pieśń, ale czy aby nie trochę rasistowska? no i monarchistyczna...

[@ilpiave9591]

Piosenka nie jest rasistowska. Opowiada o etiopskiej dziewczynie, która zostaje „uwolniona” przez włoskich żołnierzy i staje się Włoszką. W takim razie nie widzę nic złego w tym, że piosenka jest monarchiczna.

[@FiammaNera1917]

@@ilpiave9591 non è monarchica

[@ilpiave9591]

No. Però anche se lo fosse non ci vedrei nulla di male (sono monarchico). È essenzialmente fascista ma, come già scritto nella descrizione del mio canale e in quella di ogni mio video, pubblico le canzoni solo per preservarne la memoria storica, e non per esaltare ideologie ormai, per fortuna, superate da tempo.

[@FiammaNera1917]

@@ilpiave9591 lo so, ma intendo, Faccetta Nera non è monarchica

[@ilpiave9591]

Infatti, non ho mai detto che è monarchica.

[@goddessone3162]

I guess GOD Love Arab n Italia besta. Investa in Us Good ones. Cuz a God GOD sure do. I guess you know who really do love you know Us. Cuz GOD do fora sure change. Now everything is gonna be Free. But only for Us. Cuz only Us n those who wit Us be Left Free. We the slave's the Slavs we be free all ways always. Amen