Parisian Memory Initiatives Are Just Futile Condemnations

French historian, Benjamin Stora, said that the steps taken by the French authorities regarding the colonial past in Algeria remain politically limited, given the extent of the pain and tragedies inflicted by French colonialism on the Algerian people throughout 132 years of hateful settler occupation.

The advisor to the French presidency for memory affairs noted that “mere and general condemnation of colonialism is not politically effective. Apology speeches have already been delivered, including, for example, those by François Hollande before the National People’s Assembly (the lower house of the Algerian parliament). A lot has been said. Why? Because the issue is to clarify the true nature of colonial history, and its depth, case by case, step by step. This can only be achieved through specific and concrete examples and cases, not by resorting to abstract ideology.”

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