Mama Corsica Mama Corsica "Mama Corsica" is a song by French singer Patrick Fiori, written in Corsican and French and composed by François Valéry. The song represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, where it came in fourth place. The song is in praise of Corsica itself, with Fiori likening the island to a mother taking pity on all who come to her. The majority of the song is in French, however Fiori also tells the island ""tonight I am singing in Corsican for you"", which he then does, singing that it is as if the whole world were doing so.
Ancient Corsica scholarly publications. This results both from the relative insignificance of Corsica in antiquity and from the disinterest of the French academy in the island. Compared with the neighbouring island of Sardinia, which has received significant attention from Italian scholars, research on ancient Corsica is still in its infancy. In the 19th century, the General-inspector Prosper Mérimée visited Corsica to record the historical monuments on the island. In 1840, he published his findings as "Notes d'un voyage en Corse". Intensive research of the early history of Corsica began in the 20th century with Roger Grosjean. A sign of the neglect of