D DAY – Handkierchief Farewell
D-DAY – a story of more than 1930 Years of French colonial dominance, taken away abroad the white ship called the” ville d’Alger”. A long Indian like signs of smoky clouds poping out from the giant chimney, signals the end of brutal reign.
The last of the Black foot “Mohawc”, bending over the guardrail of the boat, squeezing drops of tears, waiving a handkerchief farwell to their lost dream. The image is worth telling the eyewitness of a humble schoolchildren, still coping with his 78 yrs of colonial and revolutionnary fought back. During occupation , in all Tears and Tatters, millions of algerians underwent the inferno, Mephisto would have been the pupil to go in with this behavior .
The big change of a nation in quest of recovering her independance, turns to be an armed struggle that have twist and turned the whole world with martyrdoom, toppling down 5 French republic in the row. more than 2 millions of martyrs. What makes Algerian moving if not the determination of regaining memorial legacy out of colonial grasp. The second key battle to take on with, lies in the fact that old feuds, come back in new forms of attempts, that of making a come back via Neo Colonial styled approach. Still on the road, lots of grievances have to be settled. The 19th century during the industrial area, first contingent of Algerian recruits dropped in France in mines coaling, and metro building by 1912. They were called broken faces because of their engagment in Verdun battle. Mustard gazed.
They knew the face to face long knives battle. What more than saying “mort pour la patrie” Clemenceau the champion of Verdun, paid homage to his mustachuoed Algerian fighters. ” they were their to save France, One is to understand the approach, the algerian revolution was born amid blood and tears of its glorious ancestors, who kept on building up dream and beleives in recovering one day their dearest continent, long time being targeted all the way long by several invaders. The magic face and talented move of this revolution, has lot to say , since the up rise of Abdelkader, the man who shortcut final solution has signed an ever made event than of making Salt lake city in USA a twining with El Kader. that was in 1880. Today, thanks to what s story reveals the turn back of colonial forces, continious to undergo tectonic strikes of memorial remembrance .
Mohamed Bentaleb