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... French troops in Oran and Mostaganem . In November 1832 , the aging Mahieddin had his young son Abdelkader elected in his place . The youth , already renowned for his piety and military prowess , took over the war of harassment . The ...
... French troops in Oran and Mostaganem . In November 1832 , the aging Mahieddin had his young son Abdelkader elected in his place . The youth , already renowned for his piety and military prowess , took over the war of harassment . The ...
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... French is widely understood . French is the official language in the states that formerly made up French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa , as well as in Madagascar and Zaire . Similarly , English is the official language in the ...
... French is widely understood . French is the official language in the states that formerly made up French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa , as well as in Madagascar and Zaire . Similarly , English is the official language in the ...
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... French , Portuguese , and English — the so - called metropolitan languages of Africa . Ironically , African na- tionalism and anticolonialism had to find expression in the languages of Africa's colonial rulers . French . The first ...
... French , Portuguese , and English — the so - called metropolitan languages of Africa . Ironically , African na- tionalism and anticolonialism had to find expression in the languages of Africa's colonial rulers . French . The first ...
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