Algeria, a former colony of France, has set an example for the rest of the Global South to emulate; it holds immense importance for India.

Unfortunately, public memory is often contextual and is in many ways unforgiving. One such memory is that of colonialism, which was the direct byproduct of the Age of Discovery. The countries of Western Europe colonized large parts of the ‘New World,’ such as the continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, thereby undermining the agency of free peoples for over five centuries.

To reclaim their dignity, anti-colonial liberation movements were waged in every nook and corner of the Global South, with the ultimate result that the former colonized countries became free. But even after gaining independence, remnants of European colonialism continued to linger, albeit in different forms and manifestations.

Algeria, a country in North Africa and one of the former colonies of France, has in recent days shown the Global South the way to erase those colonial remnants.

The Anti-Colonial Law

Algerian legislators have successfully passed a law declaring France’s 130-year rule of the country a ‘crime’. The law calls for the restitution of all properties taken by France during its long rule.

The law........

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