Le Rallye Méditerranée-le Cap

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-104
Author(s):  
Megan Brown
Keyword(s):  
Cape Town ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Algerian War ◽  
Military Officers ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
The Road ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Way

The retired military officers who organized the Rallye Méditerranée-le-Cap, a biennial car race from Algiers to Cape Town, did so to promote Eurafrica. Eurafrica, an idealized geopolitical fusion of the continents, would be a site of European partnership, with the rally literally paving the way. When its wealthy participants first took to the road in 1951, France, Belgium, and Britain administered much of the course. This article argues that the organizers viewed tourism as the best method for upholding European sovereignty in Africa. However, they did not account for new ways of doing empire in the postwar era, most notably the strength of anti-imperial activism and the advent of technologies that did not require direct access to large swathes of land. By the time of the fifth and final rally in 1961, organizers contended with realities they preferred to ignore: newly independent African states and the ongoing Algerian War of Independence.

Layering memories: Frank Chiche’s Je vous ai compris (2012)

2020 ◽  
pp. 095715582097493
Author(s):  
Sandra Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Algerian War ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
The Way

This article discusses Frank Chiche’s 2012 film Je vous ai compris and sheds light on the way rotoscoping complicates memorial discourses on the Algerian War of Independence. I argue that the superposition of different media and the changing allegiances of the film’s characters unsettle binary understandings of the conflict and challenge generic expectations. As the first ever BD-movie, it suggests that historical remembrance is akin to a constantly changing sculpture, defined not only by the memorial constraints of characters, but also by the perspectives of its viewers. Through an analysis of the genres and media, the construction of characters, and the description of memory as layered, I show that Je vous ai compris offers a sophisticated representation of a memorial quagmire that continues to inspire historians and artists alike.

Memories of a French Migration Crisis

2018 ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Laura Jeanne Sims
Keyword(s):  
Algerian War ◽  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Internment Camps ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
North African Origin

This chapter examines how the French state created a crisis through its management of the arrival and installation of the Harkis in 1962. The Harkis, Algerians of North African origin who supported the French army during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), faced reprisal violence in Algeria at the end of the war and many were forced to migrate with their families to France. In response, French officials attempted to prevent the Harkis from escaping to France and placed some of those who succeeded in internment camps. Comparing the treatment of the Harkis with that of the Pieds-Noirs, the descendants of European settlers in Algeria who likewise fled to France in 1962, highlights the structural racism underlying French perceptions of and reactions to Harki migration. This chapter also explores the ways in which second-generation Harkis have constructed collective memories of the crisis and their attempts to hold the state responsible for its actions.

6. Hybridity

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Robert J. C. Young
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
American Music ◽  
Cultural Hybridity ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Algerian War ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
African American Music ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
The Us

‘Hybridity’ explains that cultural hybridity can be seen as an expansion of W. E. B. Du Bois’ concept of ‘double consciousness’: a painful incompatibility between how people see themselves and how society sees them only in terms of their race. Nevertheless, this has also formed the basis of the extraordinary cultural creativity of African-Americans. Drawing on cultural memory of their African roots, African-Americans have adapted and transformed aspects of European culture encountered in the US, particularly noticeable in the realm of African-American music. A comparable development of a hybridized culture is considered by tracing the emergence of raï music in 1970s Algeria, following the traumatic experiences of the Algerian War of Independence.

Algerian Nationalism: From the Origins to Algerian War of Independence

2017 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-110
Author(s):  
Marisa Fois
Keyword(s):  
Algerian War ◽  
International Context ◽  
Arab Nationalism ◽  
Nationalist Movement ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
Colonial Order ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Independent Country

Arab nationalism is not a monolithic construct. In the case of Algeria, the nationalist period undoubtedly played a significant role in determining the nature of its nationalist movement, its foundational principles and the nature of the future independent country. It was during the nationalist period that disputes regarding the colonial order, autonomy versus independence and the definition of Algerian identity emerged. The anti-colonial revolution occurred after a long period of gestation, the result of a combination of people’s spontaneous initiative, the action of forces fed by new or existing ideas and the influence of the international context. This article provides an overview of Algerian nationalism—including both Arab and Berber nationalisms—from the 1920s to the 1950s, identifying parties, leaders and currents of thought.

What You See Is What You Get

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-148
Author(s):  
Alexandra Binnenkade
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Textbook Analysis ◽  
Algerian War ◽  
French History ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Multimodal Analysis ◽  
Visual Knowledge ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
Verbal Content

French history textbooks occupy a pivotal position in the colonial fracture. They impart difficult knowledge about the Algerian War of Independence, knowledge that impacts the relationships between the communities of memory in France today. Textbook analysis has focused on their verbal content and, recently, in the work of Jo McCormack, on corresponding teaching practices. This article highlights graphic design as one layer of visual knowledge production and primarily contributes to the methodology of textbook analysis with an exemplary multimodal analysis. It reveals a hidden narrative about the postcolonial relationship that is not expressed in words.

scholarly journals Emotional reactions to the French colonization in Algeria: The normative nature of collective guilt

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginie Bonnot ◽  
Silvia Krauth-Gruber ◽  
Ewa Drozda-Senkowska ◽  
Diniz Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Algerian War ◽  
Collective Guilt ◽  
The Public ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
The Public Sphere

Fifty years after the end of the Algerian war of independence, French colonization in Algeria (1830–1962) is still a very controversial topic when sporadically brought to the forefront of the public sphere. One way to better understand current intergroup relationships between French of French origin and French with Algerian origins is to investigate how the past influences the present. This study explores French students’ emotional reactions to this historical period, their ideological underpinnings and their relationship with the willingness to compensate for past misdeeds, and with prejudice. Results show that French students with French ascendants endorse a no-remorse norm when thinking about past colonization of Algeria and express very low levels of collective guilt and moral-outrage related emotions, especially those students with a right-wing political orientation and a national identification in the form of glorification of the country. These group-based emotions are significantly related to pro-social behavioral intentions (i.e. the willingness to compensate) and to prejudice toward the outgroup.

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