Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Tunisia and Morocco: The Struggle for North African Independence

Tunisia and Morocco: The Struggle for North African Independence

The function of colonies to provide markets for the mother country and opportunities for her citizens is nowhere better illustrated than in French North Africa. Technically only protectorates, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria were treated as colonies. In two world wars, North Africans died to save mother France; when France was occupied by Hitler, many Arabs sided with the Germans. Wiser North African leadership foresaw that a Nazi victory would not bring Arab independence. It did not take a major insurrection to secure freedom from a weakened France after the war—a different story from the one that occurred in Algeria. (16 minutes, b&w/color)

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