Resistance and feminism: Five must-read books from Algeria
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- 27 Mar 2023
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The country’s literary scene has been defined by its independence struggle against France and the issue of women’s rights
Indigenous Algerians and some supportive Europeans fought a multi-pronged battle against the colonisers.
While the military aspect of the independence struggle, embodied in the struggles of fighters like Cheikh Bouamama and Zohra Drif, is what gets most attention, themes of resistance also influenced the arts, especially literature.
In return, poets, such as Moufdi Zakaria, the author of the Algerian national anthem Kassaman, helped define the revolutionary nature of the fledgling state’s cultural output.
Nevertheless, more than a century of colonisation left its mark on Algeria, and like other post-colonial countries, debates continue on the role the occupier’s language should play in the literature of a state after independence. Read More..
