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, ...

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

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 ...

In an effort to to boost its economy, Algeria is creating a culture of start-up business enterprise. Evermore entrepreneurs are seizing this opportunity and starting businesses. And a Ministry of ...

“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 ...