Combat in 1956 stripped both Arabic and French of their fixed colonial meanings

Evidence

It was after the Congress of the Soummam, in August 1956, that the French became aware of this phenomenon. It will be remembered that on this occasion, the political and military leaders of the Revolution met in the Valley of the Soummam, precisely in the sector of Amirouche, the then Commander, to lay the doctrinal foundations of the struggle and to set up the National Council of the Algerian Revolution (CNRA). The fact that the discussions were carried on in French suddenly revealed to the occupation forces that the traditional general reticence of the Algerian with regard to using French within the colonial situation might no longer exist, when a decisive confrontation brought the will to national independence of the people and the dominant power face to face. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 312 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Combat desacralized Arabic while cleansing French of negative connotations; Colonial slurs for Arabs ranged from melon to the killing-term ratonnade — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 173; The Soummam Congress in French ended Algerian reticence about the colonizer’s language — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 312 (+2 more)

Related

• The Soummam Congress in French ended Algerian reticence about the colonizer’s language (similarity 0.88)
• French language and emotional ties lingered in post-independence Algeria (similarity 0.85)
• French colonialism occupied the Algerian individual’s self, not merely the territory (similarity 0.81)
• Colonial military dominance ceased to be decisive in Algeria’s war. (similarity 0.80)
• By late 1956 both France’s military and diplomatic options in Algeria had failed (similarity 0.79)
• Colonial slurs for Arabs ranged from melon to the killing-term ratonnade (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The Soummam Congress in French ended Algerian reticence about the colonizer’s language #complicates (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 312
• Colonial ethnic categories broke down under acts both personal and political #expands (0.65)
• Colonial war fragmented the Algerian family and individualized its members #complicates (0.50)
• Colonial slurs for Arabs ranged from melon to the killing-term ratonnade #complicates (0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 173