silence, 4–6; double-edged message of, 2–3; historical context and critical reception, 1–2; legacy in English-speaking world, 6–8; post-colonial literary status of, 8–12
Algerian People’s Party, 49
Algerian Popular Party, 109, 111
Algerian War, AC’s writing early in: “The Adversary’s Reasons,” 133–135; “A Clear Conscience,” 125–127; “The Missing,” 121–122; “November 1,” 137–139; “The Party of Truce,” 145–147; “The Roundtable,” 123–124; speech calling for truce, 149–159; “The True Surrender,” 129–131; A Truce for Civilians,” 141–144
Algerian White: A Narrative (Djebar), 12
Alger républicain, 1, 13
Arab people: AC’s words to militant, 133–135; defense of France in World War II, 91, 99; diet of, and French administration of Algeria, 90, 93–96; French attitude toward, 90–92; reparations and, 127, 133; weekly salaries, 98n; wish for independence, 145
Assimilation policy, hostility toward and failure of, 64, 102–103, 104–105, 107–110, 111, 130, 176
Audisio, Walter, 192, 192n
Azazga, economic and social future, 78
Azerou-Kollal, poverty in, 48
Azouza, poverty in, 45
Azrou-N’Bechar, education and, 61
Batuala (Maran), 2
Beni-Douala, education in, 60
Beni-Ouacif, education in, 61
Beni-Sliem: education and, 61; poverty in, 48–49
Beni-Yenni douar: political future, 74; wages and employment in, 55, 56
Birmann, Dominique, 216n
Blum-Violette Plan, 103, 107
Bordj-Menaïel commune: poverty in, 43; wages and employment in, 53–54
Caïd system, 40, 66n, 67, 70, 98
Camus, Albert: biographical information, 3–4; positions on Algeria, 23–24, 32–35; tuberculosis and, 3
Camus dans le narguilé (Grine), 11
Catholicism, 190
Catroux, Georges, 108, 110
Charity, in Kabylia, 49–51
Christianity, Mediterranean culture and, 189–190
Civilian truce, AC’s call for, 137–139, 141–144, 165–166, 205–207
Collectivism, Mediterranean culture and, 193
“Colonialism is a System” (Sartre), 3
Colonizer and the Colonized, The (Memmi), 3
Combat, 14
Communauté Algérienne, 113n
Communes de plein exercice, 66n
Cooperatives, urged for Kabylia, 79
Cot, Pierre, 170, 170n
Coty, René, 16–17; AC’s letters to regarding condemned prisoners, 209–211, 209n
de Gaulle, Charles, 1
Democracy, Algerian wish for, 101–105, 108–109
Départements, in Algeria, 66n
Dib, Mohammed, 11
Dides, Jean, 170, 170n
Djebar, Assia, 12
Djemaa (assembly), 66n; in Oumalous, 68–69
Djemaa-Saridj region: education in, 60–61, 62; wages and employment in, 54
Douar-commune system, in Kabylia, 65–68, 66n
Education, in Kabylia, 59–64
Egalité, 107
El-Kseur commune: poverty in, 48; wages and employment in, 55
Emigration, from Kabylia, 42–43, 76
Encounter, 16; draft of AC’s letter to, calling for civil truce, 205–207
Entente, L’, 107
Exile and the Kingdom (Camus), 6, 13
Express, L’, 119
Fanon, Frantz, 6
Fascism, 190
Federation of French Liberals, 166
Fellagha, 167, 167n, 170
Feraoun, Maloud, 11
First Man, The (Camus), 8–9
Fort-National commune: poverty in, 45–46, 50; revenues from Kabylia emigrants, 42; wages and employment in, 54
France: barring of immigrants from Kabylia, 42; civil wars of 1990s, 9–10; duty toward Kabylia, 83; government indecision regarding Algeria, 121–122, 127
French in Algeria: AC’s call for civilian truce and, 143–144; Arab people and, 129–131; history of, 153
Friends of the Manifesto, 92, 105, 107–110
Front de Libération Nationale (FLN), 2; AC on consequences of negotiating with, 33, 35; at AC’s 1956 roundtable, 4–5; AC questioned in Stockholm by representative of, 214
Front Islamic du Salut (Islamic Front), 9
Gandhi, 27
Germain, Louis, 3–4
Germany, fascism in, 190
“Govern” (Camus), 169–172
Grenier, Roger, 5
Grine, Hamid, 11
Guelma massacre, 112
“Guest, The” (Camus), 13
Hadj, Messali, 16, 203n
Hadjeres, M., 66–67, 68, 70
Housing assistance, urged for Kabylia, 80
Hungary, 16, 206–207
Ikedjane douar, education in, 61
“Indigenous Culture: The New Mediterranean Culture” (Camus), 15
Intellectuals: AC on inconsistency of regarding violence, 27–29, 32; AC on role of in new civilization, 193–195
Italy, fascism in, 190
Ittomagh douar, education in, 61
Iyadjadjène, education and, 61
Jeanson, Francis, 5–6
Joly-Jean-Marie Plan, for education, 59
Kessous, Aziz, 3, 107, 108, 113n; AC’s letter to, 113–116
Lacoste, Robert, 165, 165n, 167, 169
Law of personal status, 70, 70n
Le Beau, Georges, 60
Lebrun, Albert, 51
“Letter to a German Friend” (Camus), 7
Loucheur Law, 80, 80n
Lutaud, Charles, 59–60
Maillot, Henri, 171–172, 171n
Maillot commune: education in, 61; poverty in, 48, 50; wages and employment in, 55
Maisonseul, Jean de: AC’s letter to Le Monde, 165–168; charges against, 168; charges against, dropped, 163; “Govern” in Le Monde, 169–172
Manifesto for the 121, 5–6
Maran, René, 2
March 7, 1944 ordinance, 103, 112
Martinière, Le, AC’s visit to, 197–202
Maurras, Charles, 15, 187, 187n, 190
Melouza, massacre at, 28, 28n
Memmi, Albert, 3
Menguellet douar, administration of, 69
“Men Stricken from the Rolls of Humanity” (Camus), 16, 197–202
Michelet commune: administration of, 69; education in, 61, 75; poverty in, 47, 50; wages and employment in, 54
“Misery of Kabylia, The” (Camus), 12–14, 39; administrative structure of Kabylia, 66n; conclusions, 81–83; destitution, overpopulation, and lack of food, 41–52, 73; economic and social future, 73–80; education, 59–64; effect on AC’s career, 14–15; French duty and, 83; Kabyle “mentality” and, 51–52; political future, 65–71; wage levels and employment, 53–57, 73–74, 75
Mollet, Guy, 165, 165n, 166, 167
Monde, Le: AC’s letter to, regarding July 1953 massacre, 16, 203–204, 203n; AC’s letter to, regarding “paraphrasing” of Stockholm statement, 215–216, 216n; AC’s letter to, supporting Maisonseul, 165–168; “Govern” in, 169–172; misquotation of AC at press conference, 18, 18n
Morisi, Eve, 17
Movement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques (MTLD), 203n
Mussolini, Benito, 191
Nationalism, as sign of decadence, 188
Nedjma (Yacine), 11
“New Mediterranean Culture, The” (Camus), 187–195; apparent everywhere, 192; collectivism and new economic order, 193; confusion between Mediterranean and Latin culture, 187–188, 190–191; cultural and historical facts, 189–190; role of intellectuals in new civilization, 193–195
Nobel Prize, and misquotation of AC at Stockholm press conference, 17–18, 18n, 213–216, 216n
Ouacif douar, administration of, 69
Ouadhias douar: administration of, 69–70; poverty in, 48; wages and employment in, 55
Oulémas, 109, 111
Oumalous: administration of, 66–69; education in, 60
Pan Arab Federation, 104
Party of the Manifesto, 4
Personal status, law of, 70, 70n
Plague, The (Camus), 8, 11
Political future, of Kabylia, 65–71, 66n; residents’ wish for independence and self-rule, 70
Politics, French policy and Arab Algerians’ right to vote, 101–105, 108–109
Poor Man’s Son, The (Feraoun), 11
Port-Gueydon commune: economic and social future, 77–78; political future, 74; poverty in, 50
Poujade, Pierre, 143, 143n
Poverty and starvation: in Algeria in 1940s, 90, 93–96; in Algeria in 1940s, measures need to end injustice, 97–99; in Kabylia, 41–52; ways to reduce, 77–79
Protestantism, 190
Public works programs, for Kabylia, 74
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (Camus), 7–8, 7n
“Retreat of the Ten Thousand” (Xenophon), 194
Rolland (pastor), 45
Roundtable, at Cercle du Progrès, 4; AC’s call for, 123–124
Said, Edward, 8
Sartre, Jean Paul, 3, 6; Camus and, 7, 11
Sétif, massacre at, 14–15, 96, 112
Sidi-Aïch region: economic and social future, 78–79; education in, 61; poverty in, 48; wages and employment in, 55
“Silent Men, The” (Camus), 6
Société Indigène de Prévoyance, 78
Soeurs Blanches (Sisters of Our Lady of North Africa), 44–45
Soustelle, Jacques, 165, 165n
“Stockholm Polemic,” 213–215
Stranger, The (Camus), 8, 12
Tabacoop, wages and employment in, 54
Talam-Aïach, poverty in, 45
Taxes, indigents required to pay back taxes, 50, 54
Terrorism. See Violence and terrorism
Tililit, education in, 62
Tillion, Germaine, 17
Timzrit douar, education in, 61
Tizi-Ouzou district: education in, 60, 62; poverty in, 44, 47, 49, 50; revenues from Kabylia emigrants, 42; wages and employment in, 54
Tizi-Rached, education in, 62
Torture. See Violence and terrorism
Unemployment, in Kabylia, 47–48, 50–51, 53, 56–57; ways to reduce, 74
Violence and terrorism: AC on consequences of continuation of, 155–159; AC’s letter to Le Monde regarding July 1953 massacre, 203–204, 203n; of both French and FLN, 24–28; inconsistency of intellectuals’ opinions on, 27–29, 32
Vocational training schools, needed in Kabylia, 75–76
Wage levels: of French in Algeria, 126, 127; in Kabylia, 53–57
Women and girls: education and, 61–62; wages and, 54–55
Wretched of the Earth, The (Fanon), 6
Xenophon, 194
Yacine, Kateb, 11

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