Algeria

Books in this genre are set in or about Algeria.

Algeria is a North African country with a Mediterranean coastline and a Saharan desert interior. Many empires have left legacies here, such as the ancient Roman ruins in seaside Tipaza. In the capital, Algiers, Ottoman landmarks like circa-1612 Ketchaoua Mosque line the hillside Casbah quarter, with its narrow alleys and stairways. The city’s Neo-Byzantine basilica Notre Dame d’Afrique dates to French colonial rule.

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Frantz Fanon
Because it is a systematic negation of the other person and a furious determination to deny the other person all attributes of humanity, colonialism forces the people it dominates to ask themselves the question constantly: "In reality, who am I?" The defensive attitudes created by this violent bringing together of the colonised man and the colonial system form themselves into a structures which then reveals the colonised personality. This 'sensitivity' is easily understood if we simply study and ...more
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

Mouloud Benzadi
حبُّ الوطنِ شُعورٌ رَاسخٌ في النفسْ، لا يشوبُهُ عكرٌ أو دنسْ، هو شيئٌ من ذَاتي، وجزءٌ من حَياتي، وسيظلُّ حاضِرا في كتابَتي، في غُرْبتي، حتى مَمَاتي.
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