Donatella Strangio is full professor of economic history at the Department of Methods and Models for the Economy, the Territory and the Finance – Sapienza University of Rome. She deals, in particular, with the issues of development and underdevelopment, the economic history of Africa and the history of finance. She is a member of the African Economic History Network. Among her main publications: The Reasons for Underdevelopment. The Case of Decolonisation in Somaliland, Springer 2012; Africa, Nuova Cultura, 2018; Italy-China Trade Relations. A Historical perspective, Springer 2020; The Roman Stock Exchange between the 19th and 20th Centuries. A History of the Italian Stock Market, Palgrave 2022.