The Independence Ball (6/6)

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In 1960, 17 African countries acceded to national sovereignty. © Fir Makengele

By: Valérie Nivelon

In 1960, 17 African countries acceded to national sovereignty! But, how did Africans experience it? How did the great intellectual and political figures of decolonization fight? Has France compromised itself to maintain its colonial hold? 

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In six largely revisited episodes enriched with sometimes unpublished sound and musical archives, Valérie Nivelon tells you about this independence ball every Sunday at 12:10 p.m. Paris time and 10:10 a.m. UT from July 26 to August 30, 2020.

Episode 6 : "The Algerian memory of Benjamin Stora"
How to exist outside your community? How to overcome the tragedy of war and exile? How to combine the two shores of the Mediterranean and rediscover your own memory when you have spent your life as a French historian working on the Algerian war… So many questions raised by the publication of an anthology of the works of Benjamin Stora. The great historian welcomes us to his home and offers us the keys to his Algerian memory.

To read : An Algerian memory by Benjamin Stora , a collection of six books published by Robert Laffont.
To consult :  the site of Benjamin Stora, historian, professor of the universities.

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