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An undeclared war in the sense that there was no formal beginning of hostilities, the conflict produced huge tensions that brought down four governments, ended the Fourth Republic in 1958, and mired the French army in accusations of torture and mass human rights abuses. The depth and scale of the colonization process explains why the Algerian War of 1954 to 1962 was one of the longest and most violent of the decolonization struggles.

This event is supported by the University of Sussex and the De La Warr Pavilion.Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany.

The main event in the auditorium is expected to last for four hours, with music to follow in the cafe bar.Ĭurated by Professor Martin Evans (University of Sussex) for the Resistance Studies Network at Sussex, Centre for Photography and Visual Culture at Susses and the Middle East and North African Centre at Sussex (MENACS). The cafe bar will be open with a sound system playing a mix of North African music from 3 pm onwards. Martin Evans from the University of Sussex considers how Algerian women engaged in anti-colonial liberation through discussion and the work of three other contemporary Algerian creative figures – the photographer Nadja Makhlouf, the film maker Nassima Guessoum (director of 10949 Women ) and the performance artist Sarah El Hamed (maker of Qardoun). Zineb Sedira is a Franco-Algerian artist based in London whose work reflects on her multiple identities – British, French, Algerian, Berber, Arab, African – and their relationship to colonialism and post-colonialism. The evening begins with an exploration of the role of film in the work of Zineb Sedira, in conversation with Joseph Constable, Head of Exhibitions at the De La Warr Pavilion on the occasion of her exhibition. Picking up on the way in which Battle of Algiers foregrounds the role of Algerian women in the anti-colonial liberation struggle, this event explores the histories of Algerian women and anti-colonialism. Gardner Centre Road, Brighton, East Sussex