Algeria: Culture and Revolution - the Pan-African Festival of Algiers 1969. ... 'The enforced search for traditions, we repeat Fanon's view, is a banal search for exoticism. Negritude, hollow, ...

Chasing Tradition in Algeria. ... Each wilaya (provinces) of Algeria has its own clothing: given that there are 48 wilayas in Algeria, that's a whole lot of culture and clothing.

In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a ...

Algeria has banned the movie Barbie, which had been showing at some cinemas in the country for several weeks, according to an official source and the local 24H Algerie news site.

In a village nestled in the mountains of northeastern Algeria, locals and visitors gathered under a cold winter sky to celebrate Tamechrit, a centuries-old Berber tradition rooted in sharing.

It has been said that what pasta is to the Italians and rice to the Chinese, so couscous is as an ­essential part of life to the people of Algeria. Algeria forms part of the Maghreb-al-Aqsa (the land ...

Imarhan emerged from southern Algeria’s close-knit Tuareg community in 2006. Fans of Tuareg rock greats Tinariwen will already be familiar with the quintet; Imarhan front man Iyad Moussa Ben ...

“Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry" opens Sunday, November 3. The exhibition trains the CMA's spotlight on the rich artistic traditions found in Morocco, Algeria, and ...