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Aug 8, 2020 · The violence which has ruled over the ordering of the colonial world, which has ceaselessly drummed the rhythm of the destruction of native social forms and broken up without reserve the systems of reference of the economy, the customs of dress and external life, that same violence will be claimed and taken over by the native …’ (Fanon 1961: 31, 48).
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Jun 24, 2020 · Introduction. Algeria, Africa’s largest country, remains understudied except for its modern history, which features an oppressive colonialism, a dramatic war of decolonization, and a contentious postcolonial period scarred by civil strife. Nevertheless, Algeria’s earlier histories are also important and impressive.
Mar 13, 2024 · Key Events In The Fight For Independence. 1. 1954: Outbreak of armed struggle led by the National Liberation Front (FLN). 2. 1957: Battle of Algiers, a pivotal urban guerrilla warfare that drew international attention. 3. 1962: Ceasefire agreement with France, leading to the official independence of Algeria.
Mar 11, 2022 · French ‘victories’ like the brutal eradication of the FLN’s organization in the capital Algiers only pushed the colonized population further into opposition. By the late 1950s, the war, correctly understood by Algerian Muslims as a revolutionary struggle, had mutated from an urban counterinsurgency campaign into a countrywide conflict marked by aerial bombardment and mass population ...
Oct 26, 2023 · Identity and Imperialism in Algeria. French Algeria represents both a normative and unique colony in many ways. It was a settler colony, with a relatively small group of European colons ruling over a vast population of indigenous who were denied their rights under oppressive foreign control with all that it entailed.
Algiers, Arabic Al-Jazāʾir French Alger, City (pop., 2010 est.: 2,800,000), chief seaport and capital of Algeria. Located along the Bay of Algiers and first settled by Phoenicians, it was later ruled by the Romans. It was destroyed by the Vandals in the 5th century ce but revived under a Berber dynasty in the 10th century.
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Sep 1, 2022 · Marco H. D. van Leeuwen is Professor of Sociology, University of Utrecht. He is the author of Mutual Insurance 1550–2015—from Guild Welfare and Friendly Societies to Contemporary Micro-Insurers (New York, 2016); with Ineke Maas, Danièle Rébaudo, and Jean-Pierre Pélissier, “Social Mobility in France 1720–1986: Effects of Wars, Revolution and Economic Change,” Journal of Social ...
