Empire was the second-largest empire in the world‚ directly behind the British Empire‚ with 12‚347‚000 squared kilometers. 2‚381‚741 of those kilometers were a nation‚ which had been forced into colonization and depression by the French‚ known as Algeria. In 1954 Algerian people and guerilla movements mobilized and initiated attacks upon the French‚ which led to a victory in the latter part of the century. Throughout this paper I will attempt to successfully answer why this war was initiated and
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the need for industrial materials forced the Europeans to expand‚ they then set out to build empires all over the world. The French controlled three territories of Northern Africa: the Protectorates of Morocco in the West‚ Tunisia in the East‚ and Algeria in the center. The end of WWII brought with it a false sense of security for some‚ especially those ruled by Europeans powers. Post-war debt left most European colonies deprived. While the Europeans wanted to continue control of their territories
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Modern History of M.E – Presentation Notes Why did the French Attempt to Surpress the Religious-Language Element in Algeria? An element of the French colonial project which deserves close scrutiny is the linguistic and cultural policies as these still affect present day Algeria.
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presumed sexual orientations to traditional forms of dress such as the veil or the headscarf. Intolerance towards Muslim stems from deep-seated psychological preoccupation with the “the other” and racial intolerance dating back to French conquest of Algeria in 1830. This section aims to address the historical context through which the present debate surrounding headscarves have arisen. RACISM Since the word "race" has largely disappeared from the French vocabulary‚ the Arabs are not necessarily referred
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the 20th most populous country in the world. In 2004‚ a total of 140‚033 people immigrated to France. Of them‚ 90‚250 were from Africa and 13‚710 from Europe. In 2008‚ France granted citizenship to 137‚000 persons‚ mostly to people from Morocco‚ Algeria and Turkey. It is illegal for the French state to collect data on ethnicity and race‚ a law with its origins in the 1789 revolution and reaffirmed in the constitution of 1958.. While official data on the size of the country’s ethnic minorities is
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state ‘Western Sahara’‚ and neither Polizario nor its allying coutries (Spanish and Algeria) did succeed in fragmenting the Kingdom into two states. The situatoin in the Sahara is a form od anarchy because Morocco lost control over that region‚ or rather Morocco didn’t succeed in gaining full control after Spain left the Sahara. The issue of Morocco not having full control over this region is due to the fact that Algeria is involved in empowring the Polisario financially. Polisario is committing human
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conflict between loyalist Algerians supporting a French Algeria and their Algerian nationalist counterparts. But it was also characterized by the National Liberation front’s guerrilla warfare‚ and the use of torture by both sides. In the Battle of Algiers‚ one can see how the FLN guerrilla insurrection and the French counter insurgency committed atrocities against each other‚ something of which would later lead to the Independence of Algeria. Nevertheless‚ when looking at the torture and atrocities
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Some Aspects of the Political Philosophy of Frantz Fanon Author(s): L. Adele Jinadu Source: African Studies Review‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 2 (Sep.‚ 1973)‚ pp. 255-289 Published by: African Studies Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/523409 . Accessed: 28/05/2013 15:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers
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BRIEFING 06/12/2012 INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES ERODING PROSPECT FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NORTHERN MALI By André BURSTIN ESISC Research Associate On Tuesday‚ December 4‚ emissaries from various belligerents involved in the Mali conflict met in Ouagadougou at the initiative of President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso‚ who is mandated by the Economic Community of African States (ECOWAS)‚ to find a solution to the crisis. The National Union Government of Bamako‚ the Tuareg rebels of the National
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