Algiers

characteristics, and its goal is to ensure the supremacy and continuity of the colonizer over the colonized. As seen in the prehistory of the Algerian War of Independence, colonialism has always brought with it an immense amount of violence. France occupies Algiers in 1830 and finally subjugates Algeria in 1847. From the very beginning the French settlers aim to ensure that the political and economic power becomes entirely theirs, and it soon does. As a result the weak and deprived Arab majority…

The French Army used torture systematically in Algeria against the FLN and other opponents. In both the reading “Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth” and the film The Battle of Algiers torture was described as a necessary tool to receive information and to defeat others. Fanon in his reading described the uses and effects of torture and how it played a role in his personal life. The film portrayed how the paratroopers engaged in the torture and how it helped them get ahead against their…

The latter half of the nineteenth century was an era of unprecedented rapid expansion for European civilization. This growth was the result of multiple factors originating from within Europe— such as the Industrial Revolution, and the development of the highly organized nature of European nation-states— but had consequences that resonated far outside European borders (Jones). The expansion of European industry and economy created an inter-European power struggle, and “one way to demonstrate…

This entailed of thorough eviction and extermination of the native populations. In 1830, the French decided to set out on a full scale raid of Algiers and forced their French rule (Algerian Story 1). Algiers was captured after three weeks and France seized the rest of the occupied areas in 1834 (Algerian Story). During the overthrow, the French troops were known to have looted, raped and massacred entire villages, defiled…

The French came into Algiers and took over. The division of zones were the French settlers and the Algerian natives. The French live in nice and clean areas as the Algerians are pushed into the “Casbah”. The Casbah is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the tradition quarter clustered around it. This was a safe place for the FLN to plan and execute attacks against the French citizens…

The Barbary pirates or corsairs, also known as the Ottoman corsairs, were pirates and privateers from North Africa who operated mainly from the ports of Algiers, Tunis, Sale and Tripoli. Of these states, Algiers was their strongest port of operation. The pirates frequented the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean. The Barbary pirates derive their name from the Berber tribe who inhabited these states, thereafter known as the Barbary states. It is also speculated that the West described these…

government was represented by officials in Oran and Algiers who received protection from Ottoman military garrisons. By the 19th century, Morocco became independent of Ottoman rule under its own sultan. The rest of the North African port cities were ruled by Ottoman deys who faced fairly constant opposition from Berber chiefs who controlled the inland regions. During the…

would make it possible to avoid a renewed massacre of innocents" (Branche, 2007) and the French's victory in the 'Battle of Algiers' which is why it was encouraged by high ranking French officials (Branche, 2007). According to Edward Behr, a torturer during the Algerian war "without torture the F.L.N.'s terrorist network would never have been overcome...The 'Battle of Algiers' could not have been won by General Massu without the use of torture." (Horne, 1977). Torture was not only considered…

Camus’ murder takes place in Algiers, the capital city. This is where Harun and his family live at the time. After the murder, the son and the mother leave Algiers and they “gravitated around Hadjout and its vicinity for years before we were able to settle behind solid walls” (Daoud 29). This physical change represent an attempt at distancing Harun…

Examining the role of violence in the struggle for African liberation During the struggle for African liberation, violence was evident in the following works: The Battle of Algiers and Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth. In the film The Battle of Algiers, in almost every single scene there is a violent act, whether it is against the French or against the Algerian people. The film makes the violent aspect extremely clear and does not leave various details out partly since the filmmaker wanted…