Algerians and the police: colonial continuities and the weight of war

Françoise de Barros & translated by Oliver Waine — 2013-03-13T05:55:00Z

How can the treatment suffered by Algerians at the hands of the Paris police in the mid‑20th century be explained? Emmanuel Blanchard's recent work – the fruit of detailed investigative research – describes the role played by the transfer of Algerian organisational structures, career structures and colonial practices to mainland France, and underlines how the context of the War of Independence loomed large in the genesis of this police violence.
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- Reviews / police, Algerian War, colonization

“Bidonvilles”: from colonial policy to the Algerian War

Françoise de Barros & translated by Oliver Waine — 2012-03-21T07:07:58Z

The term bidonville (literally a town built of oil drums) originated in North Africa in the 1930s and came into use in mainland France in the 1950s to designate neighbourhoods composed of temporary, makeshift housing, particularly housing that accommodated Algerians. Here, Françoise de Barros shows that the management of these bidonvilles by the public authorities was situated at the crossroads between a colonial legacy and constraints associated with the Algerian War.
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- Essays / bidonville, Nanterre, colonisation, local councillors, Algerian War, shanty town

Metropolitics

Algerians and the police: colonial continuities and the weight of war

“Bidonvilles”: from colonial policy to the Algerian War