Idir’s songs gave Kabyles a sense that their culture counted: that their customs and traditions could form a part of a modern Algerian nation.
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Looking at his brilliant career is looking into Algeria’s relationship with its history and identity, but also questioning what it means to be exiled.
Algeria’s elite has built its legitimacy on a distorted memory of the war of independence.
Muslim women are often criticised for their lack of political involvement, but Algerian women have embraced both anti-colonial and feminist movements.
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Associate research scientist, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Senior Teaching Fellow, Social & Political Sciences, SOAS, University of London
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Doctoral Researcher in ethnomusicology, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of music, SOAS, University of London
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Associate professor, Indiana University
