Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
AHMED BEN BELLAYes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all.
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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy.
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I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries – like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain – to occupy countries outside of Europe.
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