This Friday, November 1, Algeria celebrates the 70th anniversary of the start of the war of independence which lasted seven years, between 1954 and 1962. Several official festivities are planned in the country, including a military parade in Algiers. Young Algerians remain divided on the question of memory.
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With our correspondent in Algiers, Faisal Metaoui
Teaching the history of the War of Independence is compulsory at all school levels in Algeria. For Farid, a young teacher, it is important to celebrate the date of November 1, 1954. “ Our ancestors stood up as one man so that Algeria could live free and independent. Today, 70 years later, our country has traveled a very dense path and evolved in all areas. Among the achievements of independence, there is, in addition to education, also free health. “, he said.
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Hamida, a bookseller, thinks on the contrary that we must go beyond the question of memory and concentrate on the development of the country. She assures that he “ There are many things that are starting to be undertaken, the Algerian youth who still represent the future of the Nation. There are young people who feel uneasy. Algeria remains a fairly young nation, 70 years is really not many. The old generation who still wanted to hang on to their jobs, but today, that is disappearing more and more. »
For his part, Dahmane, a computer science student, has only one obsession, leaving the country: “ I want to live somewhere other than Algeria. When I finish school, I know I’m not going to find the job I want. And then I don’t relate to the mentality of the people here. Questions relating to history do not interest me. »
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