The two football-loving nations are also political allies with a shared history.
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.
As the gilets noirs seek the right to remain in France, there is an echo from history regarding the challenge they face.
The Algerian revolution had a profound effect on both Mandela and Fanon’s thinking about colonisation, oppression and freedom.