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mydearalgeria · 6 months
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The legacy of France can and should only be remembered as one utterly stained by (or, more accurately, formed from) its brutal colonialist and imperialist endeavours.
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mydearalgeria · 10 months
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ALGERIA. Algiers. July 5th 1962. Independance Day. When the news of overhelming success of 'Yes' votes for Independence was learned, youngsters rushed from the suburbs with Algerian flags while shouting slogans for Unity and Freedom.
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mydearalgeria · 10 months
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ALGERIA. Algiers. Voting for the Independence referendum. July 1st 1962.
Marc Riboud.
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ALGERIA. The Algerian War. 1962.
Marc Riboud.
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ALGERIA. Algiers. 2 July 1962. Independence. Children of Bad-el-Oued area celebrating independence with fake weapons.
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ALGERIA. Independence. July 1962.
Marc Riboud.
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The War in Algeria -- FLN commander pins a medal on a young boy who had renered a service to the guerrilas.
Philip Jones Griffiths.
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ALGERIA. 1962. On the outskirts of a regroupment camp in the mountains of Kabylie.
Philip Jones Griffiths.
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Two members of the liberation army study by kerosene light in their tent, the plans for the following day's operations.
Kryn Taconis.
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An Algerian peasant who has lost his crops and home in the French raids, brings a message to the FLN secret army non commissioned officer asking for assistance.
Kryn Taconis.
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ALGERIA. During their stop in a village to get water and food, soldiers of the FLN liberation army stop to talk with local schoolchidren who have their classes in the forest.The soldiers stay in the forest under cover from French patrol planes.
Kryn Taconis.
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ALGERIA. A unit of soldiers of the liberation army (FLN) training in the forest hide-out.
Kryn Taconis.
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Joy in the street after the proclamation of the independence on July 5, 1962 in Algiers, Algeria.
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Street scene with Algerian flags after the independence during July 1962 in Algiers, Algeria.
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A boy with a gun during street scene with Algerian flags after the independence during July 1962 in Algiers, Algeria.
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Algeria. Algerian Flags In The Streets Of Algiers Four Days After The Proclamation Of Independence, in Algiers, on July 5.
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Algérie. Mériem Bouatoura, surnommée Yasmina, combattante de l'ALN (Armée de libération nationale) lors de la guerre d'Algérie, en Algérie, circa 1960
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