Algeria

Algerian Colonization 1830

  • Algeria Diet

    Algeria Diet
    Before being colonized by the French. My people and I had an amazing life were we eat anything we want but the most common dish that we eat during our diet was the traditional Ta´am called in arabic, meaning ¨food¨. This plate was really yummy it had couscous, steamed semolina,wheat served with lamb or chicken, cooked vegetables and gravy. This delicious plate we eated in our diet and we never bored instead, everyday it was like more delicious.
  • Algerian Education

    Algerian Education
    In Algeria the majority of teenagers didn't went to school because they had to help their parents but there was kids going to school and learning our culture languages to keep our traditions. The languages we used to speak and learn was Berber which was a language spoken by the native people. Yes I was a native and that language was the best thing to learn and know.
  • Medical Practice

    Medical Practice
    Before being colonized by the French, the Algeria country had a small population. In Algeria they decide to have hospitals but instead of having those expensive and big buildings they change to having small clinics and health center for the people in Algeria. It was small but it had all the medical care needed.
  • Algeria Religious Practice/Beliefs

    Algeria Religious Practice/Beliefs
    In Algeria 99% of the population practice Sunni Muslim Religious and there is a tiny bit of Jewish community. The Religion Muslim believed that Muhammad is like a prophet and the embodiment of god or Allah. I am from the religion Muslim and we pray at least 5 times a day. This is the religion most common in Algeria.
  • Method Of Trading

    Method Of Trading
    Algeria is a country that trade and exports. The main things for trading are oil, gas, followed by leather goods, tobacco, vegetables and more. Before the being colonized by the french we had 4 out 5 of trading. The trading was going amazing.
  • Algeria Diet Change

    Algeria Diet Change
    When the French had control of the Algerian people including myself, everything change for good to bad. Our diet became the worse since the French had control over us, they introduced their diet which was loaves of bread. They also establish sidewalks cafe. Being honest the food tasted good but we were still mad because all we wanted is continue our life and keeping up our traditions.
  • Education ruled by French

    Education ruled by French
    Being under French rule makes my Algerian people and I feel inferior due to inequality. Algerian universities were only open to French students and our education was replaced by French Christian education.I was really disappointed and angry because what the French people were doing was not right, they were taking our happiness little by little and making our country more of them than of us.
  • Medical Practice have Failed

    Medical Practice have Failed
    All started when French colonized our country Algeria, my people and I considered the physicians as colonist and we didn't have trust on them anymore. We didn't have trust on them and we didn't tell them what was wrong with us but they always find it by themselves. But them during the war the colonist banned medical products for the Algerian and we faced a painful experience without medical care.
  • Method Of Trading From Good to Bad

    Method Of Trading From Good to Bad
    Everything went down when the arrival of the French, even the trading. In 1961, our trading dropped one tenth in the early 21 century. The French imports of Algeria agriculture products like wine, were stricted. Everything went from good to bad which we didn't like.
  • Algeria Religious Practice/Beliefs

    Algeria Religious Practice/Beliefs
    During the French rule had more that a 1 million Roman Catholics but because of their independence the number have decreased. 0.2 makes up christianity and 0.1 makes up catholic but lately christianity has been growing up especially during the Algerians civil war in the 1990. Also the French had prevented the Algerian people a complete social disintegration.