In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well.
AHMED BEN BELLAThe French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
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