Algeria

fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”. The unknown can be seen as the outsiders of society. Albert Camus, a French-Algerian writer writes the story of Meursault, a man detached emotionally from society in French-Algeria during the 1940s. In the novel, Camus explores the philosophy of the Absurd in which expresses a fundamental disharmony; a confrontation between our human desire for order or meaning in life and the blank indifference (Simpson). Camus' novel, The…

small entourage. Dame Chaboix, was so moved by her friend’s composure, under those sudden and horrible circumstances, that she didn’t even try to indulge in reenacting one of her melodramatic roles at the “Théâtre Vignolet”. As for me, I had, in Algeria, faced death too many times, and too often, in red, watched it, spread on the young faces of my men, not to know how to keep calm in the present situation. I asked Henri de Valfort, with Saturnin Valloix,…

In the overwhelming majority of decolonization wars, population-centric methods often succeeded militarily in establishing security, but failed to create political legitimacy. In Algeria, French troops systematically employed torture during interrogations, imposed draconian control measures on the Arab population, and forcibly relocated hostile populations—a tactic which the British also used to great effect in Malaya and Kenya. Beyond…

Only a short while ago did the world figure out how devastating colonialism was; to the land, and the people who inhabit it. We hear a lot of stereotypes about the natives of Africa pertaining to cleanliness and intelligence. Nervous Conditions a “coming of age” novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga challenges these stereotypes with the story of two young girls. Though, her family portrays the opposite of these stereotypes it doesn’t mean that it comes without problems. We see a lot of psychological…

The coup d’état has plagued Africa since the wave of independence that swept over the continent in the 1950s and 60s (Drury, Shearer, Cole, Hernann, & Sharif 2010). During this period, newly decolonized countries were handed the keys to their own political, economic, and social autonomy. With this autonomy, however, also came great instability. Numerous African countries such as Zaire were given very little time to develop their own governments, economy, and infrastructure of their own (Pfaff…

The Stranger is book written by Albert Camus. It is set in Algiers, in French Algeria, in the 1940’s. The story is about a man who murders an Arab in seemly cold blood but it is shown that it was really by chance that the man was murdered. The man who committed the murder lack morals like many of characters in the story. In The Stranger the lack of morals shows the characters in what they should be shown as, by how they react to life changing events leading to the characters proving Absurdism’s…

The eleven authors we read over the duration of this course left me less than satisfied in my understanding of the relationship between religion and violence (a sentiment I would guess is shared by a majority of our class). I could not locate the source of my discontent. We have been offered numerous models, a variety of solutions, and a definition or two. Yet, I find my thoughts on the relationship between religion and violence more muddled than ever. Surely there is an explanation: a flaw in…

With the increase of entrepreneurs in the world, people are looking to tap into any country that can turn their dreams into reality. Africa being a growing continent with resourceful possessions, small business enterprises are starting to be created in such areas. This report will assess the role small enterprises plays in a specific economy such as Africa. It also looks to critically analyse and identify specific national barriers to enterprise creation. But first, the report will evaluate a…

In today’s society, the reduction of cultural diversity through the popularization and diffusion of a wide array of cultural symbols has disallowed an honest conversation between African and Western feminists because Western feminists tend to take the position of superiority. Western women have a tendency to believe that they are more liberated than non-Western women, and therefore have the responsibility to ensure that other women can achieve a similar liberation. For instance, in the…

Navy SEALs in May of 2011, the group continued to expand with cells located in Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Oman. In 2013, the organization had also established a significant presence in Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Mali, Somalia, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Nigeria, and…