# Elisa Kadigia Bove (Khadiija Bove)

> Elisa Kadigia Bove (born 1942): Italian-Somali actress and singer who heads an African immigrant women's association.

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## Who is she?

Elisa Kadigia Bove is an Italian actress of Italian and Somali descent, born in 1942 ([Wikipedia, Elisa Kadigia Bove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_Kadigia_Bove)). She is the daughter of an Italian soldier and a Somali woman (same source). Wikipedia lists her among people from Mogadishu (same source). See [Somalis in Italy](/en/diaspora/italy/).

## Career

She began in television advertising and became known through a 1970s campaign for the Atlantic television brand ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_Kadigia_Bove)). After training at the theatre school of Giorgio Strehler, she worked as an actress and singer in theatre, film and television (same source). She performed several works by the composer Luigi Nono (same source). Her film roles include Lamberto Bava's *Macabre* (1980), and her last screen role was in a comedy by Cristina Comencini (same source).

## Community work

She is president of ADIA, the Association of African Immigrant Women, a non-profit that serves immigrant women in Italy ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_Kadigia_Bove)). She was married to the Italian politician Achille Occhetto, and they had two sons (same source).

## In short

An Italian-Somali actress and singer who later led an association for African immigrant women in Italy.

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