{"id":97811,"date":"2024-01-23T17:32:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=97811"},"modified":"2024-01-23T17:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:32:47","slug":"algeria-is-beautiful-like-america-by-olivia-burton-a-familial-and-colonial-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/algeria-is-beautiful-like-america-by-olivia-burton-a-familial-and-colonial-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Algeria Is Beautiful Like America\u2019 by Olivia Burton, a Familial and Colonial Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Olivia Burton\u2019s graphic novel memoir digs into her family\u2019s history as colonizers in Algeria and what that legacy means for her own life.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Burton\u2019s memoir is both a story of her personal history and also a history of the relationship between France and Algeria. Her family is Pied-Noir, or Black Foot, a label for French people born in Africa. While the origins of the term are disputed, Burton experiences the identity to be laden with complications she never understood as a child. In\u00a0Algeria is Beautiful Like America<\/em><\/a>, Burton travels to Algeria to discover for herself what her family history means.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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