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Algerian War: A Colonial History
Audio 48:30
Amar Mohand Amer and Sylvie Thénault revisit the history of the Algerian war.
© Sophie Janin/RFI
By: Valerie Nivelon
1 min
Algiers, December 29, 1956. During the funeral of the president of the mayors of Algeria, Amédée Froger, assassinated the day before, the immense procession is transformed into ratonnade and demonstration for French Algeria.
Dozens of Algerians are lynched and six dead are identified.
From this event, we revisit the Algerian war in the light of its colonial history.
A story of domination and violence until the Algerians turned this violence against the settlers.
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Sound and musical archives, unpublished testimony of Rhéda Malek, former signatory of the Algiers Accords (deceased in 2017).
► Also to listen: Algerian War: living memories
► To read:
Les ratonnades d'Alger, 1956,
by Sylvie Thénault, published by Seuil
Revue
Memoirs in game
special War of Independence, 60 years later
Alternative historical narratives and memorial issues in Algeria, G. Fabbiano and A. Moumen (dir.), Algérie coloniale.
Traces, memories and transmissions, Paris, Le Cavalier bleu, 2022
(Rebroadcast March 18, 2022)
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