Colonel Amirouche
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Amirouche Aїt Hamouda was born on 31 October 1926 in Tassaft Ouguemoun
in the Djurdjura
mountains in Kabylia, Algeria
. Amirouche was a leader in the Algerian War, organizing the maquis
of the Wilaya
Kabylia.
He is considered a revolutionary fighter and national hero
in Algeria.
Amirouche was a Kabyle
, a Berber
people whose traditional homeland is Kabylia in northeastern Algeria.
He was killed by French troops on March 29, 1959. This event was much publicized, as Amirouche was considered a great threat to the French in Algeria. http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/intercultural_issues_print-en.asp?lvl=8&ISO=dz
Secularist politician Nordine Ait Hamouda is Amirouche's son.
Iboudraren
Iboudraren is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria....
in the Djurdjura
Djurdjura
Djurdjura is a mountain range situated in Kabylia within the Djurdjura National Park. Famous mediaeval explorer Ibn Batuta went to Béjaïa through this mountain range. Actually he was heading towards Tunis with a caravan on his jorney for Hajj...
mountains in Kabylia, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. Amirouche was a leader in the Algerian War, organizing the maquis
Maquis
Maquis or macchia is a type of high ground in Corsica covered in thick vegetation, where privateers used to hide. The name has been adopted by a variety of guerilla movements in francophone countries.Maquis may also refer to:-Geography:...
of the Wilaya
Wilayah
A wilāyah or vilâyet , or vilayat in Urdu and Turkish, is an administrative division, usually translated as "province", rarely as "governorate". The word comes from the Arabic "w-l-y", "to govern": a wāli — "governor" — governs a wilayah, "that which is governed"...
Kabylia.
He is considered a revolutionary fighter and national hero
Folk hero
A folk hero is a type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological. The single salient characteristic which makes a character a folk hero is the imprinting of the name, personality and deeds of the character in the popular consciousness. This presence in the popular consciousness is evidenced by...
in Algeria.
Amirouche was a Kabyle
Kabyle people
The Kabyle people are the largest homogeneous Algerian ethno-cultural and linguistical community and the largest nation in North Africa to be considered exclusively Berber. Their traditional homeland is Kabylie in the north of Algeria, one hundred miles east of Algiers...
, a Berber
Berber people
Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...
people whose traditional homeland is Kabylia in northeastern Algeria.
He was killed by French troops on March 29, 1959. This event was much publicized, as Amirouche was considered a great threat to the French in Algeria. http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/intercultural_issues_print-en.asp?lvl=8&ISO=dz
Secularist politician Nordine Ait Hamouda is Amirouche's son.