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An Overshadowed Anniversary

In commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of Algeria’s independence from France in 1962, this dossier features articles on various facets of Algerian independence, along with its political, economic, and social development — building a bridge between the past and present to understand Algeria today.

Author: Andreas Bohne

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French Revisionism and the Erasure of the Algerian Revolution

: Analysis 21.06.2022

How a new generation of scholars is seeking to write the 1954 Revolution out of history

Colonization, Occupation, and Reconciliation

: Interview 04.07.2022

Michael Rothberg on the multidirectional connections between the Holocaust and the struggle for…

The New Algerian Revolution and Black Lives Matter

: Essay 20.06.2022

Understanding the 2019–2021 uprising through the revolutionary thought of Frantz Fanon

Protest on the Pitch

: Essay 17.06.2022

How Algerian football stadiums serve as arenas for political mobilization against the status quo

The Tragedy That Paved the Way for Algerian Independence

: Comment 06.05.2022

On 8 May 1945, French massacres in northeastern Algeria radicalized an entire generation

The Unsolved Riddle

: Analysis 04.06.2022

The presence of considerable but insufficient hydrocarbon rents continues to held back Algeria’s…

A Peacemaker on War Footing

: Analysis 20.06.2022

Algeria’s geopolitical role in the Maghreb is marked by hesitant reconciliation and growing regional…

The Cost of Amnesty

: Comment 24.03.2022

Algeria’s civil war ended two decades ago, but the scars are still everywhere to be seen

Has Algeria’s Hirak Movement Failed?

: Interview 12.08.2021

A conversation with Rachid Ouaissa of the Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb